Dehra Dun: Newly-appointed Uttarakhand BJP
president Bishan Singh Chufal on Tuesday resigned from his
ministerial post to focus on party affairs.
Chufal sent his resignation to Chief Minister Ramesh
Pokhariyal Nishank, party state general secretary Dhan
Singh Rawat here.
Soon after being appointed as state BJP president last
month, Chufal had offered to quit as Cabinet Minister, Rawat
said, adding the party had then rejected his offer.
Chufal again insisted on resigning during a meeting
yesterday stating he wanted to follow the healthy tradition of
`one man one post`, and his offer was later accepted, Rawat
said.
The resignation of Chufal, who was holding the key
departments of forest, environment, wildlife and transport, is
yet to be accepted by the Chief Minister, he added.
Bureau Report
