CM’s Become Skittles in Uttarakhand, Why? Dhami Replaces Rawat
Pushkar Singh Dhami is the new rabbit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has pulled out of the hat to anoint as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand barely eight months ahead of the state assembly polls.
He replaces Tirath Singh Rawat who was in office for less than four months after taking over from Trivendra Singh Rawat. Dhami will be the third BJP chief minister in the last four and a half years after the party came to power in 2017 with a thumping majority.
It is also a repeat of history for the BJP that had brought back Major General (Retired) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri in 2011 to replace Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank some months ahead of the assembly polls. Having been made the chief minister after the party’s victory in 2007, Khanduri had quit the post following the 2009 Lok Sabha debacle where the BJP had lost all five seats.
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Tirath Singh Rawat resigns as Uttarakhand CM, BJP MLAs to meet today at 3 pm
Tirath Singh Rawat resigns as Uttarakhand CM, BJP MLAs to meet today at 3 pm
The resignation came less than four months after Tirath Singh Rawat took over as Chief Minister replacing Trivendra Singh Rawat.
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Updated: Jul 3, 2021, 07:23 AM IST
Tirath Singh Rawat resigned as the chief minister of Uttarakhand on Friday and said that the decision was right given the constitutional crisis in the state. The resignation came less than four months after Tirath Singh Rawat took over as Chief Minister replacing Trivendra Singh Rawat. I have submitted my resignation to Governor. Given the constitutional crisis, I felt it was right for me to resign. I am thankful to the central leadership and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for every opportunity they have given to me so far, Rawat told mediapersons.
Uttarakhand CM s resignation due to constitutional compulsion is biggest lie: Cong s Harish Rawat ANI | Updated: Jul 03, 2021 06:31 IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], July 3 (ANI): Veteran Congress leader Harish Rawat on Friday said Tirath Singh Rawat s resignation as Uttarakhand Chief Minister due to constitutional compulsion and byelections cannot be held in the state due to COVID is the biggest lie. What can be a bigger lie than this that byelections cannot be held in Uttarakhand due to COVID and the chief minister is resigning due to constitutional compulsion. The reality is that byelections have been held before in the same COVID period. The byelection has been held in Salt (an assembly constituency in Uttarakhand). The chief minister could have contested from there also, tweeted Harish Rawat.