Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna(66) has finally paid the price for the shoddy relief and rehabilitation work carried out by his government after last year's flash floods.
Vijay Bahuguna drove down to Dehradun Raj Bhawan today Friday Jan 31,2014, and handed over his resignation to Governor Aziz Qureshi.
Union minister Harish Rawat, who claims to enjoy the backing of a majority of the Congress lawmakers in the state, is the frontrunner in the race to replace Vijay Bahuguna.
Vijay Bahuguna's removal has been on the cards for quite some time, and is being viewed as part of the organizational revamp being undertaken by the Congress leadership ahead of the 2014 Lok Sabha Polls
In the 2012 polls, the Congress won 32 seats in the 70-member assembly, and was only marginally ahead of the BJP, which won a seat less.The Congress Govt in the state has the backing of -
- 3 BSPMLA's
- 1 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal legislator
- 3 independent legislators
Vijay Bahauguna, a surprise pick for the Uttarakhand chief minister's post after the polls held in March 2012 had thrown a hung assembly, has earned a lot of flak for his poor handling of the relief work undertaken by his government after the natural calamity that wreaked havoc in large parts of Tehri district.
Vijay Bahauguna got a taste of popular disaffection against his rule in October, 2012, when his son Saket suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the BJP in the by-election to the Tehri Lok Sabha constituency.
Vijay Bahauguna's leadership has since then been called into question
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