States »NortPosted at: Jul 3 2021 12:22AM Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat quits
Dehradun, Jul 2 (UNI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya here, nearly four months after he took charge for the coveted post.
Mr Rawat reached Raj Bhavan at around 2300 hrs along with his cabinet colleagues Subodh Uniyal, Arvind Pandey, Vishan Singh Chufaal, Ganesh Joshi and MLA Rajesh Shukla and met the Governor for 10 minutes to submit his resignation.
According to sources, Ms Maurya has asked him to continue in his post till a new chief minister is elected.
Earlier an hour ago, amid strong speculations of an announcement of change of guard in the state, Mr Rawat addressed a press conference, however, concealed the major development of the hill state in his nearly 8 minute speech.
In the media briefing, Mr Rawat lauded the achievements of the state government for the past one year.
Pertinent to mention here that Mr Rawat was in Delhi for the last three days where he also met the party president J P Nadda.
Meanwhile, according to sources, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national president JP Nadda is coming to Dehradun on a two-day tour on July 10, while a meeting of the legislature party has been called at 1500 hrs on Saturday in which the new leader of the party will be elected.
Tirath Singh Rawat, has become yet another name to be added to Uttarakhand's long list of Chief Ministers who could not finish their term.
He took oath as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on March 10, a day after his predecessor Trivendra Singh Rawat tendered his resignation amid allegations of non-performance and resentment within the Uttarakhand BJP over his style of functioning.
Born in village Sinro of Pauri Garhwal district, Mr Rawat's political career was started as the state vice-president of Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
Notably, when the state of Uttarakhand was formed in year 2000, Mr Rawat was inducted into the state cabinet as Education Minister. In 2012, he won the Assembly elections from the Chaubattakhal constituency and became Uttarakhand BJP chief in the very next year.
Mr Tirath gained the political prominence after he won the Lok Sabha elections in 2019 from Pauri Lok Sabha seat by defeating his nearest rival Manish Khanduri by a massive margin of 2.85 lakh votes.
With only one year left for the Assembly polls in the hill state, the saffron party has now an uphill task to put a face to their party that can sail them through the litmus test of elections, next year.
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