Dehradun, Dec 12 (PTI) Former chief minister Harish Rawat has alleged that the BJP government in Uttarakhand was "born out of the womb of a falsehood" that the Congress would build a Muslim university if it came to power in the state.

The senior Congress leader said that he would quit politics and offer Rs 5,00,000 to anyone who could produce a shred of evidence to prove the charge.

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He accused the prime minister, Union home minister, defence minister and all other ministers of spreading the lie during election campaigning.

"Show me a newspaper clip or bring before me anyone who claims that I had ever told him about building a Muslim university if voted to power," he said in a social media post on Sunday, adding, "The (Pushkar Singh) Dhami government is born out of the womb of this falsehood about me."

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"I had first offered Rs 50,000 to anyone who proved the charge, revised it to Rs 1,00,000 and then to Rs 3,00,000. No one came forward. Now I am ready to give Rs 5,00,000 to anyone who does that," Rawat said.

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