Dehradun, Sept. 19 -- Amid the political controversy following the Enforcement Directorate (ED) searches in the premises of his former OSD and present personal assistant Chandan Singh Jeena, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat has launched an emotional counter-offensive, asserting that he would go among the people to clear what he described as a 'stigma' being deliberately attached to his political career.

In this regard, Rawat has also posted an 'emotional' video message on his social media accounts, where he has invoked the memory of his late mother and is seen taking an oath that he had never taken money from anyone in return for a government job or political position. He said that he swears by his mother and her milk, that he had never ...