A sudden meeting of the Uttarakhand BJP’s core committee has fuelled speculations about some major changes in the government.
The meeting, held on Saturday evening, was presided over by BJP’s national vice president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, who arrived here on Saturday afternoon. Singh was accompanied by state BJP in-charge Dushyant Kumar Gautam.
The unscheduled meeting with the members of the core group came at a time when the budget session of the state assembly was underway in Gairsain.
The BJP MLAs were called back from Gairsain to the state capital in view of the core committee meeting held amid ongoing speculations in the media about a cabinet expansion.
The sudden meeting of the core committee for which Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat had to fly back to Dehradun in a hurry from Gairsain assumed significance.
Core group members — Rajya Sabha member Naresh…