Assembly Polls a Year Away, Uttarakhand CM T.S. Rawat Quits Amidst Turmoil Within BJP
The BJP leadership is understood to have asked him to step down after a number of party legislators from Uttarakhand expressed anger with his style of functioning.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat addresses a press conference after tendering his resignation formally to Governor Baby Rani Maurya, in Dehradun, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Photo: PTI
Politics09/Mar/2021
New Delhi: After days of suspense around his continuation in the post following an outburst of anger against him by other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and legislators in the state, Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned from his post on Tuesday, March 9.