Uttarakhand Prime Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is expected to meet with the governor.
Dehradun / New Delhi:
Uttarakhand’s chief minister, Trivendra Singh Rawat, will meet with the governor today amid reports that he will resign. Yesterday he had met with the BJP leadership in Delhi.
Rawat has called a press meeting, where he can announce his resignation before meeting with Governor Baby Rani Maurya.
Reports said he was rated “below average” by MLAs in his own party, who felt his leadership would topple the party in the Uttarakhand elections scheduled for February.
He met with BJP President JP Nadda, who had previously met with Interior Minister Amit Shah to discuss the situation. Some names in circulation to replace Mr. Rawat are the Minister of State, Dhan Singh Rawat, and the Minister of Education of the Union, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
Dhan Singh Rawat is reportedly flying to the state capital Dehradun from Garhwal in a private helicopter.
Talks about a leadership change in Uttarakhand before the elections gained ground after two central party observers, Raman Singh and Dushyant Gautam, were dispatched to Dehradun on Saturday.
The BJP leaders met with the MLA, ministers and also with the Chief Minister and leaders of the RSS (Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh), the ideological mentor of the BJP. The two observers then presented a report to the party president.
Many MLAs have reportedly lobbied for a change in leadership as they feel the BJP has no chance of being re-elected under Rawat’s leadership.
Critics of Rawat accuse him of not communicating with them.
The 60-year-old prime minister, a low-key politician, has been accused by his critics of indecision and many in the party apparently believe this may work against the BJP. Some opinion polls have placed him below average in performance.
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