Dehradun, Sept. 26 -- Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee President Ganesh Godiyal on Saturday said that the ED's questioning of former Chief Minister Harish Rawat may cause "temporary trouble", but the case would not stand in court.

Godiyal, while reacting to the Enforcement Directorate's questioning of Rawat, alleged that the action was part of a pattern of using central agencies to exert pressure on key leaders ahead of elections.

"... Elections are approaching in the state. It has been a consistent pattern-a modus operandi-of the BJP-led central government to use agencies like the ED, CBI, and Income Tax Department to exert pressure on key leaders whenever elections draw near in a state," Godiyal told ANI.

He further alleged, "S...