A day after Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat resigned, the Congress has hit out at the BJP over the political instability in the state, accusing it of power hungry. "In 2017, BJP formed a government in Uttarakhand. But instead of working for the development of the state they went power hungry and in the last four and half years, two chief ministers have been changed," Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala said at a press conference.

After Tirath Singh's resignation, the BJP is all set to select another new chief minister later in the day. Surjewala said that the game of swapping chief ministers has been going on in Uttarakhand. Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP national President JP Nadda, Surjewala said, "They are responsible for the political instability in Uttarakhand, as in the last four-and-a-half years two chief ministers have been changed."