09 Mar , 2021 By : Debdeep Gupta
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya on March 9 amid reports of disquiet within the Bharatiya Janata Party's state unit.
Rawat, 60, who would have completed four years in office next week, handed his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya in Dehradun, according to reports. It now remains to be seen if his resignation is accepted.
BJP leaders including Dhan Singh Rawat, Ajay Bhatt, and Anil Baluni are front runners to replace the incumbent CM, once the resignation is accepted, But, sources said, the final decision on replacing Rawat would be taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Rawat met BJP president JP Nadda in New Delhi hours after home minister Amit Shah had several rounds of talks with the party chief, and other leaders.
Rawat is the second BJP chief minister, after Gujarat's Anandiben Patel, since 2014 to resign ahead of the tenure completion. Anandiben's removal was, however, attributed to her old age.
Rawat also joins the league of former chief ministers of Uttarakhand who failed to complete their five-year term. The only Uttarakhand CM who could complete the five-year tenure e was late Narayan Dutt Tiwari who assumed the top post in the hill state between 2002 and 2007.
Rawat was summoned to New Delhi two days after an unscheduled core committee meeting of the state unit of BJP fueled speculations about a possible change in guard in the state amid discontent within a section of the party MLAs and MPs over his style of functioning.
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