CM Tirath Singh Rawat Submits Resignation To Guv, Ducks Questions On Uttarakhand Crisis | Key Highlights

Tirath Singh Rawat's resignation came amid increasing buzz that BJP is likely to go for a leadership change in Uttarakhand that is scheduled to go for polls next year.

Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat. (Image: Twitter/@TIRATHSRAWAT)

New Delhi: Hours after sending his resignation to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat on Friday held a press conference as he believes he is unable to get himself elected to the state Assembly within the stipulated six month period. 

Interestingly, while addressing the media Rawat restrained from speaking anything about the political crisis in Uttarakhand including his resignation. He rather highlighted the works done in the state during his small tenure of 115 days as Chief Minister.

Rawat, who was in Delhi to meet BJP chief, on Friday reached Dehradun to submit his resignation to the Governor Baby Rani Maurya at Raj Bhawan. 

Uttarakhand CM's presser came amid increasing buzz that BJP is likely to go for a leadership change in the state as the prospect of the Election Commission holding an assembly bypoll there looks uncertain.

Earlier while speaking to reporters, Rawat said that the party will take a call about its political strategy in the state and even noted that holding or not holding the bypoll is the EC's prerogative.

Meanwhile, BJP legislature party meeting is scheduled to be held at 3 pm on Saturday at the party headquarters. The meeting will be held under the chairmanship of state president Madan Kaushik.

Know Key Highlights Of Political Crisis In Uttarakhand

* Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has sumitted his resignation to JP Nadda and is likely to meet state Governor to resign from the top post.

* Rawant, in his letter to BJP chief, underlined that he might not be able to become an MLA in the coming two months and that his why he has sought to resign. 

* According to Assembly rules, Singh needs to be elected as an MLA in the next two months to continue as Uttarakhand CM, which he overtook after the BJP leadership removed Trivendra Singh Rawat from the helm.

* Section 151A of the Representation of People Act, 1951 mandates the Election Commission to fill vacancies in Parliament and the state legislatures through bypolls within six months from the date of their occurrence, provided that the remainder of the term of the new member is one year or more.

* The term of Uttarakhand Assembly is scheduled to come to an end in March, only about nine months away and experts believe that EC might not order a bypoll for the vacant seats in the state.

* As Uttarakhand is all set to go for Assembly elections, BJP may not want to content polls in the state under Rawat's leadership courtesy his controversial statement - be it about torn jeans of women or gangajal prevents Coronavirus.