BJP leader Tirath Singh Rawat steps down as chief minister after four months

BJP leader Tirath Singh Rawat resigned as Uttarakhand chief minister on Friday after holding the post for less than four months.
Rawat handed over the resignation letter to governor Baby Rani Maurya past 11pm, hours after returning from Delhi where he was summoned by the top BJP leadership on Wednesday.
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At 9.30pm, Rawat had told a news conference in  Dehradun: “As the chief minister, I worked to control the second wave of Covid-19 and provided financial relief to people. I also extended relief to the tourism industry, which was hard hit during the pandemic.”
However, he had not responded to any questions about his resignation.

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