<p>“It is baseless, fake... It is risky to even talk to a woman ... Anyone can make an allegation. It is a 100 per cent wrong allegation,” Tiwari told reporters as he arrived in his home state after exiting quietly from the Andhra Pradesh capital.<br /><br />Looking hassled, Tiwari sought to link what he said were allegations against him to the ongoing campaign for a separate Telangana state.<br />“The Telangana fight is going on ... The president was to come there. People wanted to meet me... Some friends thought ... I have been framed because of the Telangana issue,” he said.<br /><br />“I apologise to the nation but I have done no wrong. I have been framed. It is a political conspiracy,” he added.<br />Tiwari, 85, one of the best known names in the Congress and a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, insisted that he was not “disturbed” by the sudden turbulence in his life.<br /><br />“I am not disturbed. I have participated in the freedom movement and will fight it out,” he said. On Friday, a Telugu television channel ran clips purportedly showing Tiwari caught on camera in a compromising position with three women. The clips ran for about an hour before the Andhra Pradesh High Court restrained the channel from airing the video.<br /><br />The clips angered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi besides embarrassing the Congress. <br />Once he realised the mood in the party, Tiwari sent his resignation to President Pratibha Patil on Saturday citing health concerns.<br />A three-time chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Tiwari was appointed the Andhra Pradesh governor in August 2007.<br />Chief Minister K Rosaiah met Tiwari before he left the Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad, without the customary farewell usually given to an outgoing governor. <br /></p>
<p>“It is baseless, fake... It is risky to even talk to a woman ... Anyone can make an allegation. It is a 100 per cent wrong allegation,” Tiwari told reporters as he arrived in his home state after exiting quietly from the Andhra Pradesh capital.<br /><br />Looking hassled, Tiwari sought to link what he said were allegations against him to the ongoing campaign for a separate Telangana state.<br />“The Telangana fight is going on ... The president was to come there. People wanted to meet me... Some friends thought ... I have been framed because of the Telangana issue,” he said.<br /><br />“I apologise to the nation but I have done no wrong. I have been framed. It is a political conspiracy,” he added.<br />Tiwari, 85, one of the best known names in the Congress and a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, insisted that he was not “disturbed” by the sudden turbulence in his life.<br /><br />“I am not disturbed. I have participated in the freedom movement and will fight it out,” he said. On Friday, a Telugu television channel ran clips purportedly showing Tiwari caught on camera in a compromising position with three women. The clips ran for about an hour before the Andhra Pradesh High Court restrained the channel from airing the video.<br /><br />The clips angered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi besides embarrassing the Congress. <br />Once he realised the mood in the party, Tiwari sent his resignation to President Pratibha Patil on Saturday citing health concerns.<br />A three-time chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, Tiwari was appointed the Andhra Pradesh governor in August 2007.<br />Chief Minister K Rosaiah met Tiwari before he left the Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad, without the customary farewell usually given to an outgoing governor. <br /></p>