Dehradun: After the resignation of Vijay Bahuguna as the Uttarakhand Chief Minister, the race for his replacement has begun. The Congress legislative party is meeting on Friday to take a call on the final name. Central observers Ambika Soni, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Janardhan Dwivedi will be attending the meet.
The front runners for the top post in the hill state include Union Minister Harish Rawat and Uttarakhand Food and Civil Supplies Minister Preetam Singh and state Cabinet minister Indira Hridayesh.
Bahuguna resigned on Friday saying that he was bowing before the wishes of the Congress leadership. "The party high command has asked me to resign. I am resigning from the post. The Congress MLAs will elect the new chief minister tomorrow. I will continue to work for the party," Bahuguna said in state capital Dehradun.
The Governor on Friday accepted the resignation of Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna. The demand for Bahuguna's removal from the post of chief minister had been doing the rounds for a long time.
After the devastating floods in June 2013, there was an intense pressure on him to step down. He is accused of not carrying out the flood relief work properly.
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