"He (Bahuguhna) should go to his new masters and ask them to dissolve the state assembly. I am sure they will be kind enough to fulfil his second wish as as they did his first by dislodging my government," Rawat said when asked to comment on Bahuguna's suggestion for early elections in Uttarakhand.
Considered bitter rivals politically, Rawat had revolted when Bahuguna was made chief minister of Uttarakhand in 2012.
Though he stepped aside when compensated with a ministerial berth at the Centre, Rawat continued to be critical of Bahuguna who had to step down to make way for Rawat to take over as CM in February 2014.
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