The fresh notification of the Uttrakhand government for “withdrawal of consent” to CBI for probing the case was examined by legal experts, official sources said. The notification is not legally tenable and hence the CBI will continue with its Preliminary Enquiry (PE) in the case, the sources said citing the legal opinion.
The CBI had registered a PE on April 29 to probe a video-graphed “sting operation” purportedly showing Rawat offering bribes to rebel Congress lawmakers to support him during a floor test in the Uttarakhand assembly.
The agency had summoned Rawat for examination for Mat 9 but he had sought more time after which he won the floor test and returned to power.