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BJP legislature party meet to begin at 10 a.m. to decide new Uttarakhand CM

BJP flags. Representational image (Source: The Hindu)

A meeting of Uttarakhand BJP’s legislature party will begin in a few hours from now at the State party headquarters in Dehradun to decide the successor of Trivendra Singh Rawat who resigned as Chief Minister on Tuesday.

The meeting will start at 10 a.m. at the party office on Balbir Road.

Uttarakhand CM Rawat focuses on health, rural infrastructure in ₹57,400 crore budget for 2021-22 

Central observer Raman Singh and State party incharge Dushyant Gautam have also arrived here to oversee the appointment of the new Chief Minister. About half a dozen names have been doing the rounds as probables for the Chief Minister’s post including Haridwar MP Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, Nainital MP Ajay Bhatt, State Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj, Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni and State minister of Higher education Dhan Singh Rawat.

Six out of a total of seven MPs (five Lok Sabha and two Rajya Sabha) except Mr. Baluni have already arrived in the city.

Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned on Tuesday after days of speculation about a leadership change in the State.

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