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Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat to step down from Chief Minister post

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Just a year ahead of Uttarakhand Assembly elections, Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat is likely to tender his resignation on Tuesday amid a political crisis in the BJP state unit.

Sources said Rawat would step down as CM when he would meet the Governor at 4 pm.

The development comes a day after Trivendra Singh Rawat met central BJP leaders in Delhi. There has been speculation that BJP was mulling political changes in the state after several ministers and MLAs have expressed apprehensions over the working style of Rawat.

Rawat was named the chief ministerial candidate by the BJP after it stormed to power in 2017, winning 57 of 70 seats in the state assembly.

A section of state leaders are of the view that the party’s electoral prospects under him may not be very bright. Top sources in the party said at least 10 BJP MLAs, including four ministers, are camping in Delhi.

Two central leaders, BJP vice-president Raman Singh and general secretary Dushyant Singh Gautam, who were sent as observers, have submitted their report to party president J P Nadda.

As per sources, some ministers have given an ultimatum to Raman Singh and Gautam that they would resign if CM Rawat was not removed.

To placate the dissenting MLAs, the party leadership might go for an expansion of the Rawat Cabinet. After the 2017 elections, Rawat had inducted seven Cabinet and two junior ministers with independent charge. As per rules, the state can have a maximum of 12 ministers, including the CM. A Cabinet post fell vacant after minister Prakash Pant passed away last year in May.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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