Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat quits

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday resigned and handed his resignation to Governor Baby Rani MauryaThe move came after heavy speculation through out morning with Rawat expected to address a press conference ahead of his meeting the Governor However the 60yearold BJP leader first met Maurya and then proceeded to the media conferenceAfter three days of political upheave speculation in the state ended as Rawat submitted his resignation to Maurya after he reached the Raj Bhawan just past 4 pmThe BJP legislative party will meet Wednesday morning to select the new chief minister of the state a senior party leader saidHe said that Rawat submitted his resignation as he was directed by the party central leadership to resign after discontent in the BJP legislative partyAfter his meeting with central leadership yesterday in the national capital it seems that BJP leadership has informed Rawat about possible change of leadership in the Uttarakhand government as there is a lot of resentment against him he saidUttarakhand BJP vice president Devendra Bhasin earlier told IANS that the chief minister was scheduled to address a press conference and likely make a crucial statement on political speculation going on in the stateBhasin further stated that he heard that Uttarakhand BJP chief Banshidhar Bhagat has called a meeting of legislative party at 11 am WednesdayI am not aware about the agenda of the legislative party but a meeting has been called tomorrow Bhasin saidAfter his meeting with central leadership yesterday in the national capital it seems that BJP leadership has informed Rawat about possible change of leadership in the Uttarakhand government Now he might step down from the office another BJP leader saidOn Monday evening Union Home Minister Amit Shah BJP chief JP Nadda National General Secretary Organisation BL Santosh discussed the political development in the hill stateBJP National General Secretary and state incharge Dushyant Gautam was part of discussion Meeting was called after several MLAs questioned Rawats style of functioningBureaucracy is getting more powerful and voices of elected representatives are unheard said a party member from UttarakhandOn Saturday the BJP leadership sent former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh and Gautam as observers to meet state leaders and get a feedback Both the leaders met the members of the core committee and took their opinion Report was submitted to BJP leadership said a party insiderIt is learnt that the report mentioned that it will be difficult for the party to win the next year state assembly polls with Rawat as the face of BJPIn 2017 Rawat was made Chief Minister after BJP won in UttarakhandThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever