Uttarakhand CM likely to resign at 4 pm

March 09, 2021 14:39

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat to hold a press conference at 3 pm following which he will submit his resignation to the governor at 4 pm, say reports.

Uttarakhand BJP MLA Munna Singh Chauhan told news agency ANI that the chief minister is consulting with the party leadership on the recent developments.

"He met many senior leaders including the party chief in Delhi yesterday. He has received a phone call from the party chief.

"The chief minister will hold a press conference at around 3 pm today and tell everyone his next course of action. All 57 BJP MLAs stand with the chief minister."

Rawat was in Delhi for a meeting with the BJP 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 BL Santosh to discuss the situation in the northern state.

With the BJP mulling a change of leadership in Uttarakhand, state minister Dhan Singh Rawat has emerged as a frontrunner to replace Trivendra Singh Rawat as chief minister.

Sources said the party may also bring in a deputy chief minister, who will be from the Kumaon region. Pushkar Singh Dhami is likely to be deputy chief minister, the sources added.

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.

Other names that are mentioned as possible replacements for the CM's post are state tourism minister Satpal Maharaj, Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, former state BJP president and Lok Sabha member Ajay Bhatt, former CM and Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Rajya Sabha member from Uttarakhand Anil Baluni and RSS state general secretary Suresh Bhatt.

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