Rawat resigns as Uttarakhand chief minister

March 09, 2021 16:29

Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday resigned as Uttarakhand chief minister.

Rawat submitted his resignation to Uttarakhand governor Baby Rani Maurya at the Raj Bhavan.

Rawat was in Delhi on Monday for a meeting with the top Bharatiya Janata Party leadership amid reports that he may be replaced after being rated 'below average' by his own party MLAs.

He met with BJP president JP Nadda on Monday evening. Earlier in the day, Nadda met with Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP general secretary organisation B L Santosh to discuss the situation in the northern state.

The central BJP leadership recently sent two observers, party vice president Raman Singh and general secretary Dushayant Kumar Gautam, to the state to get feedback from party's core group in the state amid report of discontent against the chief minister.

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