After Trivendra Singh Rawat tendered his resignation from the post of Uttarakhand Chief Minister, BJP names Tirath Singh Rawat as the new Chief Minister.
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Amid speculations about a leadership change in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat late on Monday met with Bharatiya Janata Party president JP Nadda at the latter s residence here. However, Uttarakhand BJP MLA Munna Singh Chauhan said that a wrong impression is being given about unhappiness over Rawat as Chief Minister. Trivendra Singh Rawat continues to be the Chief Minister as we speak, Chauhan said adding that the Chief Minister will return to Dehradun on Tuesday. He also refuted reports about a BJP legislature party meeting to be held on Tuesday at Chief Minister Residence in Dehradun. No official meeting of legislature party meet has been called, Chauhan said.
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 9 (ANI): Predicting a change of power in Uttarakhand before Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned later in the day, former Chief Minister and Congress leader Harish Rawat on Tuesday said the BJP is not going to come back to power in the 2022 state Assembly polls.