BJP sacks Uttarakhand CM Pokhriyal?

Uttarakhand, Sep 10: BJP leaders met Uttarakhand CM, Pokhriyal on Sep 10 and asked him to quit, said reports. Ex-Uttarakhand CM is likely to succeed Pokhriyal.

Pokhriyal's performance was not upto the mark and the alleged cases of graft were affecting BJP's image in the hill state, the sources said.

Other than BJP chief Nitin Gadkari, today's meeting was attended by Leaders of Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj, her Rajya Sabha counterpart Arun Jaitley, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh who is now given special charge of Uttarakhand elections, Dharmendra Pradhan and Thawar Chand Gehlot.

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