Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 10 (ANI): A day after Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned from the chief ministerial post, a meeting of the BJP legislature party will be held on Wednesday in which a new Chief Minister candidate is likely to be decided. In the meeting scheduled to be held at around 10 am, five BJP Members of Parliament from the state will also be present. Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is also scheduled to participate in the meeting. Dhan Singh Rawat, who is a minister of state in the Uttarakhand government is being considered as the frontrunner for the chief ministerial post. He is considered to be close to the RSS.
Crisis in Uttarakhand: BJP MLAs revolt against CM
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat (60) (in pic) rushed to Delhi on Monday to meet BJP President JP Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah amid a strong speculation he may be removed from the post in the wake of half the BJP MLAs revolting against him, 22 of them openly.
The party leadership has ordered a meeting of the BJP legislature party in DehraÂdun on Tuesday, giving a last chance to Rawat to prove he enjoys support of the majority or else exit quietly and allow the observers to install his successor, already finalised, a source said.
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Demanding that a road in their district be widened, residents of Nandprayag Ghat tried to gherao the Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha on Monday, prompting the Chamoli Police to resort to lathi-charge.
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The protest outside Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha in Gairsain on Monday (Photo Credits: Kamal Nayan for India Today)
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Chamoli Police employed lathi-charge and water cannons to disperse the demonstrators
Demonstrators pelted stones at police, said Chamoli SP Yashwant Singh
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday labelled the clash between police and demonstrators in Gairsain as extremely unfortunate . The incident is being taken seriously, CM Rawat said adding that a magisterial enquiry has been ordered into the matter.
At least 15 people lost their lives and 170 are still missing after a glacier break at Joshimath in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district triggered massive flooding of the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers.
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A glacier burst in Uttarakhand triggered a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river in the State’s Chamoli district on February 7, 2021.
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A small hydro project on the Rishiganga river was swept away as a part of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand s Chamoli district resulting in a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river. At least 12 labourers trapped in the power project tunnel have been rescued. Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat said at least seven bodies have been recovered. The National Crisis Management Committee said there was no danger of floods in the downstream areas as the water level has been contained. However, the Uttar Pradesh government has asked authorities in all districts on the banks of the Ganga to be on high alert and continuously monitor the water level.