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Tirath Singh Rawat who resigned as chief minister of Uttarakhand has said that the decision was right given the Constitutional crisis in the state.
“I have submitted my resignation to the Governor. Given the constitutional crisis, I felt it was right for me to resign. I am thankful to the central leadership and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for every opportunity they have given to me so far,” Rawat told mediapersons in Dehradun, reported ANI ,
Rawat resigned from his post on Friday night. He submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya hours after he addressed a press conference.
The resignation came less than four months after Tirath Singh Rawat took over as Chief Minister replacing Trivendra Singh Rawat.
Tirath Singh Rawat is MP from Garhwal.
The resignation came amid uncertainty over bypolls in Uttarakhand, which will face assembly elections early next year.
Rawat, who took over as chief minister on March 10 this year, had to be elected to the state assembly within six months but there is no certainty over bypolls being held which led to political uncertainty in the state.
Apart from the norms about not holding bypolls within six months of assembly polls, the situation due to COVID-19 was also an apparent factor in the decision regarding bypolls.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is now expected to be led by a new leader in the assembly polls and the state is likely to get its third chief minister in nearly four months.
