Uttarakhand shakeup: Candidate for CM's post, who is Dhan Singh Rawat?

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat who resigned on Tuesday suggested MLA Dhan Singh Rawat's name to the BJP's national leadership for the chief minister's post.

Almost a year ahead of the Uttarakhand Assembly elections, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya on Tuesday amid political turmoil within the state BJP unit. The development comes a day after Rawat met BJP's central leadership in Delhi on Monday. @tsrawatbjp pic.twitter.com/elXkCFMxq4 The BJP was mulling changes in the state leadership after several ministers and MLAs expressed apprehensions over CM Trivendra Singh Rawat's style of functioning. According to highly placed sources, Trivendra Singh has suggested Uttarakhand MLA Dhan Singh Rawat for the chief minister's post.