Trouble mounted for the Harish Rawat government in Uttarakhand as 35 MLAs of his party and the Bharatiya Janata Party are leaving for Delhi tonight to discuss the crisis with top leadership.

Earlier, nine Congress MLAs, known to be loyalists of former chief minister Vijay Bahuguna, rebelled against the state government and supported the BJP's claim to form a new government in the state.

"Rawat should immediately resign on moral grounds," said Bahuguna as he prepared to meet Governor K K Paul with his colleagues.

Rawat, meanwhile, said that the government was in majority and there was no threat to his chair.

"Everything was normal in the house, all that ruckus happened after adjournment of the house. If the Opposition has any doubt over our majority, it should give no confidence motion. We'll prove our majority on the floor," Rawat said.

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