Tirath Singh Rawat to step down as Uttarakhand CM? Press Conference at 9:30PM

There maybe a big upheaval in the Uttarakhand government. As per media reports, Tirath Singh Rawat, who was sworn in as Chief Minister on March 10 this year, has offered to resign. He was made CM in place of Trivendra Singh Rawat. If his resignation is accepted, Uttarakhand will again get a new CM. He is going to address the media in the capital Dehradun at 9.30 tonight.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat, who has camped in Delhi for three days, on Friday, met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President JP Nadda for the second time within the last 24 hours. This round of meetings started speculations of another change of leadership in the state. The nearly half-an-hour meeting of the Chief Minister at Nadda’s Delhi residence comes at a time when there is a lot of speculation about Rawat’s future as the head of the state.

‘Constitutional Crisis’ behind change in CM?

Earlier, Senior Congress leader and former minister Nav Prabhat said that a constitutional crisis has arisen in the state. In such a situation, there should be an immediate change of leadership in the state government. In a statement the former minister Nav Prabhat had said that Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat is no longer an MLA. To continue as the Chief Minister, he has to win the election and become a member of the Legislative Assembly within six months. This deadline expires on September 9.