Uttarakhand CM Vijay Bahuguna quits

January 31, 2014 13:32

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna resigned from his post on Friday.

Addressing the press, Bahuguna said he has submitted his resignation to the state Governor. He added he was merely following the wishes of his party.

Union Minister Harish Rawat and state minister Pritam Singh have emerged as the frontrunners for the top job in the hilly state.

The decision to replace Bahuguna was taken at a meeting Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had with senior party leaders on Thursday.

Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad and AICC general secretaries - Janardan Dwivedi and Ambika Soni, who is in charge of party affairs in the state - are being sent there as central observers for the changeover, PTI had quoted highly-placed Congress sources as saying.

Rawat and Pritam Singh, who is Food and Civil Supplies Minister in the Bahuguna Cabinet, are the frontrunners, they said.

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