Claiming that he fully respects the Election Commission's (EC) guidelines as Chief Minister and was only doing his constitutional duty, Rawat said the state BJP president, Ajay Bhatt, was levelling unfounded allegations against him of violating the Model Code of Conduct and he should apologise to the people.
Last week at a press conference here, Bhatt had raised objections to Rawat visiting his office, taking administrative decisions and disposing of files despite the poll code in force.
Rawat said there was no violation of the poll code and asserted that he was doing only his constitutional duty by asking the Centre to clear funds for various projects.