Tirath Singh Rawat resigns as Uttarakhand CM in 4 months, BJP MLAs to meet today

• Tirath Singh Rawat resigned as the chief minister of Uttarakhand on Friday. The BJP leader stepped down after holding the post for less than four months. Ending days of speculation about a change of guard in the state, Rawat handed over his resignation letter to Guv Baby Rani Maurya past 11 pm. Rawat's resignation comes hours after returning from Delhi where he was summoned by the top BJP leadership on Wednesday. Rawat was accompanied by his ministerial colleagues when he went to Raj Bhawan. Uttarakhand BJP legislature party will meet on Saturday to elect its new leader, who will be later sworn in as the next chief minister of the state where assembly elections are due early next year.