Uttarakhand: BJP chief hints new Chief Minister likely to be a sitting MLA
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Last Updated: Jul 03, 2021, 12:42 PM IST
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Tirath Singh Rawat resigned amid uncertainty over bypolls in Uttarakhand, which will face assembly elections early next year.
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After Tirath Singh Rawat tendered his resignation as Uttarakhand Chief Minister, state BJP president Madan Kaushik on Saturday that the new chief minister is likely to be a sitting MLA.
Speaking to ANI, Kaushik said that the new BJP legislature party leader will be elected at the legislature party meeting today. The supervisor and in-charge will reach here (Dehradun) today. In the legislature meet at 3 pm, we will elect the leader (CM). Post that, we will meet the Governor for government formation. It is possible that the CM will be among the MLAs, he said.
After Tirath Singh Rawat tendered his resignation as Uttarakhand Chief Minister, state BJP president Madan Kaushik on Saturday that the new chief minister is likely to be a sitting MLA. Speaking to ANI, Kaushik said that the new BJP legislature party leader will be elected at the legislature party meeting today. The supervisor and in-charge will reach here (Dehradun) today. In the legislature meet at 3 pm, we will elect the leader (CM). Post that, we will meet the Governor for government formation. It is possible that the CM will be among the MLAs, he said. Tirath Singh Rawat resigned amid uncertainty over bypolls in Uttarakhand, which will face assembly elections early next year.
Uttarakhand BJP chief hints new CM likely to be an MLA ANI | Updated: Jul 03, 2021 12:08 IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 3 (ANI): After Tirath Singh Rawat tendered his resignation as Uttarakhand Chief Minister, state BJP president Madan Kaushik on Saturday that the new chief minister is likely to be a sitting MLA.
Speaking to ANI, Kaushik said that the new BJP legislature party leader will be elected at the legislature party meeting today. The supervisor and in-charge will reach here (Dehradun) today. In the legislature meet at 3 pm, we will elect the leader (CM). Post that, we will meet the Governor for government formation. It is possible that the CM will be among the MLAs, he said.
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DEHRADUN: After Tirath Singh Rawat was sworn in as Uttarakhand Chief Minister, party has begun the hunt for state assembly seat which is now vacant.
Rawat is Lok Sabha MP from Pauri Garhwal seat of Uttarakhand and within six months he needs to become a member of state Legislative Assembly by winning election from any constituency.
A senior BJP leader told The New Indian Express, “Two seats are being discussed for the new CM Chaubattakhal seat from where state tourism minister Satpal Maharaj is the MLA and Doiwala seat from Dehradun which is represented by former CM Trivendra Singh Rawat. Any of the two leaders vacating the seat will be contesting Lok Sabha by-elections from Pauri Garhwal seat.”