Amid rising speculation that the BJP is mulling political changes in Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is set to address a press conference today, according to multiple media reports.
The reports added that Rawat will meet the Governor at 4 pm today.
On Monday, Rawat had met central BJP leaders. Two central leaders, BJP vice president Raman Singh and general secretary Dushyant Singh Gautam, are learned to have submitted their report to party president J P Nadda on their return from the state where they had gone to speak to state BJP core group members.
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However, senior party leaders discounted the possibility of any leadership change in the state while acknowledging that a section of Uttarakhand leaders may have issues with the chief minister.
Rawat met Nadda and had earlier in the day visited Uttarakhand MP Anil Balooni's residence too.
Meanwhile, state minister Dhan Singh Rawat has emerged as a frontrunner to replace Triverdra Singh Rawat as chief minister, according to PTI. Sources told the agency that the party may also bring in a deputy chief minister, who will be from the Kumaon region.
Pushkar Singh Dhami is likely to be deputy chief minister, the sources added.
The central BJP leadership recently sent two observers, party vice president Raman Singh and general secretary Dushayant Kumar Gautam, to the state to get feedback from the party's core group in the state amid reports of discontent against the chief minister.
(With inputs from PTI)
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