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Uttaranchal Chief Minister Narain Dutt Tiwari has publicly made a plea to the Congress high command to relieve him of his responsibility within a month. Speaking in Dehradun on Saturday, March 4, Tiwari said, “I am too old and have no desire to continue as Chief Minsiter or hold any other assignemnt and would like to be relieved after a rather illustrious innings in Indian politics.”
Coming two days after he completed four years as Chief Minister, the announcment puts the onus on the high command for allowing him to bow out gracefully.
Tiwari’s decision has come as a surprise to the party leader in charge of Uttaranchal affairs, Motilal Vora, who is touring the state. Although his detractors, mainly MLAs loyal to state Congress president Harish Rawat, have been seeking Tiwari’s ouster, the decision seems to have its roots in the anger expressed by several Ministers at Friday’s cabinet meeting over bureaucrats not obeying their orders or even consulting them. “We want to know whether the Ministers or bureaucrats govern this state.
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