Ahead of the floor test in the assembly on March 28, the Uttarakhand crisis took a new turn on Saturday when the rebel Congress MLAs accused Chief Minister Harish Rawat of horse-trading.

 

The Congress, which has a strength of 36 MLAs in the 70-member assembly, faces revolt by nine MLAs, led by former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, who are said to have voted against the government in the financial business last week.