Team News Riveting
New Delhi, March 9
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Tuesday put in his papers following alleged discontent among party cadres ahead of state assembly elections.
Rawat submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya paving the way for leadership change in the state as the ruling BJP gears up for assembly elections next year. The party has decided to put in place a new chief minister a year before the assembly elections amid complaints that Rawat’s performance has been below par.
The central BJP leadership had on Saturday sent two observers, party vice-president Raman Singh and general secretary Dushayant Kumar Gautam to assess the Chief Minister’s performance. They submitted the report to Nadda who then summoned Rawat to Delhi.
Besides Party President, Rawat met BJP leaders in Delhi on March 8.
Rawat announced his resignation at a press conference here. He also said that ruling party MLAs would meet at the state BJP office on Wednesday at 10 am.
“I have submitted my resignation as CM to the Governor today. The party gave me a golden opportunity to serve this state for four years. I had never thought that I would get such an opportunity. The party has now decided that the opportunity to serve as CM should be given to someone else now.
The resignation of Rawat came nine days before he was to complete four years in office. Apart from ND Tiwari, no Uttarakhand Chief Minister had completed a full term. Both Congress and BJP have changed Chief Minister before elections but that did not help them in the next elections.
Former Uttarakhand CM and Congress leader Harish Rawat commented on the CM’s resignation: “I can see a change in power happening. Even the BJP’s central leadership has admitted that its present govt in the State could not do much. No matter who they bring now they will not come back to power in 2022.”
