Harish Rawat has been asked to appear before CBI for probe in connection with sting operation on Tuesday.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has been asked to appear for questioning on Tuesday by the Central Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating the alleged cash-for-votes scandal.
The cash for votes scandal had started in March after a television channel aired a sting operation, which purportedly showed horse trading by Mr Rawat's Congress to buy support in the legislature in view of a future trust vote. Mr Rawat said the video was fake.
But the matter came at a time the government was facing a crisis after nine Congress lawmakers had turned rebel following disagreement over the state budget. The rebel lawmakers, who have since joined the BJP, cited the video as further proof of corruption in the government.
The trouble worsened the crisis for Mr Rawat, who was sacked by the Centre and the state was placed under President's Rule on March 27.
But when he won the Trust Vote after a clearance from the Supreme Court, the state government had issued a notification with drawing the case relating to the sting operation. The Cabinet said since the matter was a state subject, a Special Investigation Team should look into it.
The agency, however, after taking legal opinion, said the notification was illegal and the case could not be withdrawn.
Mr Rawat had also failed to get a reprieve from Uttarakhand High Court also, which had refused to quash the ongoing CBI probe into the sting operation.
The CBI had issued the first summons to Mr Rawat on May 5, asking him to appear for questioning on May 9. But he had sought time from the agency. On May 11, he was reinstated as chief minister after winning the vote of confidence in the Assembly.