Delhi, Mar 10: On March 9th and 10th, 2 chief ministers of India had to protect their position.
In Uttarakhand, the Chief Minister, Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat, faced opposition from his own party members. These party members reported to the senior BJP leaders that they did not want to work under the leadership of Shri Rawat. After nearly 4 years in office (he assumed office in 2017), he resigned on Tuesday, March 9th. On March 10th, Shri Tirath Singh Rawat, the MP from Garhwal, was selected by the party to be the next Chief Minister of
Uttarakhand.
The Haryana Assembly has 90 seats, of which 2 are currently vacant. The breakup of the rest of the assembly is as under:
| Party | BJP | JJP | Congress | Independent | Independent | Others |
| Seats | 40 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
Back to Uttarakhand
The state of Uttarakhand was formed on 9th November 2000. Here is a list of chief ministers of the state since then.
| Assumed office in | Ruling Party | Chief Minister | Reasons to Exit |
| Nov 2000 | BJP | Nithyanand Swami | Internal Revolt |
| Oct 2001 | BJP | Bhagat Singh | Lost election to Koshyari Congress |
| 2002 | Congress | ND Tiwari | Completed 5-year term and lost the next election to BJP |
| BJP | BC Khanduri | Moral responsibility for BJP losing Lok Sabha elections in state | |
| 2009 | BJP | Ramesh Pokhriyal | Corruption charges |
| 2011 | BJP | BC Khanduri | Lost election to Congress |
| 2012 | Congress | Vijay Bahuguna | Removed by the Congress High Command |
| 2014 | Congress | Harish Rawat | Served intermittently till 2017, with 2 instances of President’s rule in between. |
| 2017 | BJP | Trivendra Singh Rawat | Internal Revolt |
| 2021 | BJP | Tirath Singh Rawat | Just assumed office |