Former Beauty Queen-Turned-Politician Anukriti Gusain Rawat Resigns from Congress Amid Controversy Over Alleged Forest Scam
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Model-turned-politician Anukriti Gusain Rawat resigned from the Congress party on Saturday, a month after she and her father-in-law Harak Singh Rawat were summoned by the ED in an alleged forest scam case.
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Anukriti is the daughter-in-law of former Uttarakhand minister Harak Singh Rawat, who has switched parties several times over his political career.
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The ED case concerns allegations of illegal felling of trees, financial irregularities and unauthorized construction in a tiger reserve during Rawat's tenure as forest minister.
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Anukriti was the 4th runner up in Miss India Asia Pacific 2014 and represented India in Miss Grand International 2017. She made her electoral debut in 2022 but lost.
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Sources suggest Anukriti will soon join the BJP after quitting Congress. Harak Singh Rawat has also switched between BJP and Congress in the past.