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.

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

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ruled India for 200 years” and that “ripped jeans worn by Women led to the Society‘s degeneration”, drawing nationwide outrage.