Dehradun, Nov. 10 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

DEHRADUN, 7 Nov: Senior Congress leader and former Uttarakhand Cabinet Minister Harak Singh Rawat on Saturday strongly denied the rape allegations levelled against him by Jenny from Assam and accused the BJP and the State government of reviving a two-decade-old case for political reasons. Addressing a press conference at the Congress headquarters here on Saturday, Rawat claimed that the controversy has been deliberately reignited to divert public attention from issues such as the Ankita Bhandari murder case and alleged paper leak scams.

Rawat's denial claims come following a press conference held by Jenny from Assam earlier in Dehradun, where she had alleged that she had been sexually assaulted b...