Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat resigns 4 months after taking over

Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat has sent his resignation to the Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya and BJP chief JP Nadda. Reports say the Chief Minister resigned in order to avoid a Constitutional crisis in the state. The move comes barely four months after he took charge and just ahead of polls next year in the state.

Tirath Singh Rawat took oath as Uttarakhand's chief minister on March 10, replacing Trivendra Singh Rawat. At the time of taking oath, Tirath Singh Rawat was not an elected MLA in the Uttarakhand Assembly and was a Lok Sabha MP representing Pauri Garhwal. He continues to be a Lok Sabha MP currently.

As per the Constitution, a minister or the chief minister has to get elected to the state legislature within six months of taking oath. The person can either be elected to the legislative assembly or the legislative council (in states that have two houses).