Uttarakhandminister for disaster management Dhan Singh Rawat has landed into controversy after he purportedly said in a viral video that the government was thinking of “using anappto control the intensity of rainfall”. The statement is believed to have been made at a recent media interaction which detailed steps taken by the government to tackle rain-related damage. Uttarakhand has seen widespread misery, landslides and cloudbursts, since monsoon hit.

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This is the latest in a series of controversial remarks made by leaders of the ruling party. Earlier this year, former chief minister Tirath Rawat said that “The US had ruled India for 200 years” and that “ripped jeans worn by Women led to the Society‘s degeneration”, drawing nationwide outrage.