Top BJP Meet Today Over Who Will Lead Uttarakhand Ahead Of Next Year's Elections

Uttarakhand Chief Minister TS Rawat Quits: The legislature party meeting will begin at the BJP headquarters at 3 pm to elect its new leader in the presence of central observer Narendra Tomar and BJP general secretary in-charge of Uttarakhand Dushyant Kumar Gautam.

The Uttarakhand BJP legislature party will meet this afternoon to elect its new leader, a day after Tirath Singh Rawat resigned as Chief Minister after a less than four-month stint. Ending days of speculation about a change of guard in the state, Mr Rawat on Friday handed over his resignation letter to Governor Baby Rani Maurya past 11 pm, hours after returning from Delhi where he was summoned by the top BJP leadership on Wednesday. The legislature party meeting will begin at the BJP headquarters at 3 pm in the presence of central observer Narendra Tomar and BJP general secretary in-charge of Uttarakhand Dushyant Kumar Gautam. All the MLAs have been asked to be present at the meeting, Pradesh BJP president Madan Kaushik, who will chair the meeting, said.