The Uttarakhand Government has decided to withdraw the notification recommending a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the sting video allegedly implicating Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat. The withdrawal will add to the suspicion that Rawat indeed indulged in an unethical act to save his chair.
It was seemingly a procedural lapse on the part of the Union Government to not allow a floor test before President’s Rule was promulgated. But the Government stands vindicated now. The State’s action must be challenged in the court. The law must be allowed to take its course.