Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Monday met the BJP Central leadership amid reports that he may be replaced following dissidence against him over his style of functioning .
Rawat met BJP President JP Nadda, who in turn discussed the political situation in the hill State with Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
Talk of a leadership is rife in Uttarakhand ahead of elections next year as Rawat, 60, completes his four years at the helm.
On Saturday, the central leadership rushed two central party observers, Raman Singh and Dushyant Gautam, to Dehradun to oversee the situation.
The BJP leaders met with MLAs, ministers and also with the Chief Minister and the RSS functionaries and submitted a report to Nadda.
Uttarakhand BJP head Banshidhar Bhagat has, however, denied any move to replace the incumbent Chief Minister. According to dissident MLAs, continuation of Rawat may cost the party in the 2022 assembly polls with anti-incumbency against him being “on the rise”, they said.