Though party won all 5 Lok Sabha seats in state, it is shaky after the bypoll defeats. Former CM Tirath Singh Rawat expressed concern at the way party workers were being treated.
With leadership crisis — BJP changed CMs twice in 4 months last year — becoming a poll issue, ruling party is going overboard not to allow Dhami’s predecessors to overshadow him.
In an interview with ThePrint, Tirath Singh Rawat, who was forced to resign as Uttarakhand CM since he was not an MLA, also says he would've won the by-polls if they were held.
Dhami was named as the Uttarakhand CM Thursday in a surprise move as the BJP was forced to choose a new leader in just four months after a ‘constitutional crisis’.
Tirat Singh Rawat resigned from the post late Friday evening. The consensus on the new CM was reached after the BJP legislature party meet on Saturday afternoon in Dehradun.
Tirath Singh Rawat's resignation has led to questions on whether EC can hold bypolls in the time before Uttarakhand's next polls. Experts explain why there is no legal bar.
Rawat, a Lok Sabha MP, will have to resign and get elected to state assembly by 10 Sept. BJP leaders maintain that Rawat is resigning because there is no clarity if EC will hold bypolls on time.
According to rules, Lok Sabha MP Tirath Singh Rawat has time only until 10 September to resign and get elected to the Vidhan Sabha, as the state has no legislative council.
A Border Roads Organisation Camp came under an avalanche in the afternoon of 23 April after a heavy snowfall in Sumna area of Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
CM Tirath Singh Rawat was at the meeting of VHP, which was called to decide on whether an agitation should be launched to push the govt on withdrawing the Act.
The Indian planning system did not encourage individuals based on ‘what they knew’, but on ‘whom they knew’. Many left for countries that recognised their talent.
The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation.
Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.
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