Uttarakhand BJP Legislators Set To Pick New Leader Today

Uttarakhand is due for its next Assembly election in less than a year.

The BJP's 57 Uttarakhand legislators are scheduled to choose a new leader today who is likely to become the state's eleventh Chief Minister. The development follows Tirath Singh Rawat's resignation from the post yesterday, four months after taking charge, amid infighting in the party's state unit. Uttarakhand is due for its next Assembly election in less than a year. "In the legislature meet at 3 pm, we will elect the leader. Post that, we will meet the Governor for government formation. It's possible that the Chief Minister will be from among the MLAs," said BJP Uttarakhand chief Madan Kaushik. The meeting will be attended by the party's central observer Narendra Singh Tomar and its state in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam.