Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat today rejected BJP's allegations of corruption against him over alleged changes in liquor policy saying the party was "desperate" and making the charge to deflect national attention from scams involving its top leaders. At the same time, he promised action against Mohammad Shahid, his personal secretary, who the BJP has alleged had demanded commissions from private dealers for being given liquor license, if it is proved that he was the one doing itin a video clipping shot during a sting operation.<br/>'<br/>Addressing a press conference shortly after Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman accused him of accumulating illegal wealth by tweaking liquor policy by benefiting private liquor dealers, he said the charges were "baseless" and "far from truth".'He said, BJP is trying to divert public attention from the charges of corruption against their ministers by setting up these baseless and false allegations.'<br/><br/>Changes were instead brought in the country liquor policy framed by the erstwhile BJP government, he said.