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March 10, 2021 19:19 IST
Two major decisions of the Rawat government and a corruption case rang the death knell for his government.
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BJP leader Tirath Singh Rawat (left) interacts with outgoing CM Trivendra Singh Rawat after he was elected as new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, in Dehradun on March 10, 2021.
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Two major decisions of the Rawat government and a corruption case rang the death knell for his government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are known to back the chief ministers appointed by them staunchly even in the face of resentment by respective Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State units, pressure from the public opinion, and even from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). The case of former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, who was asked to quit by party chief J.P. Nadda on Tuesday, therefore bears a close examination.