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Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat facing heat of a new equation in party

He is facing the heat of a new equation in his party -- former chief ministers Bhagat Singh Koshiyari and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank have joined hands

Trivendra Singh Rawat
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Trivendra Singh Rawat

Shishir Prashant
All is not well these days with Trivendra Singh Rawat, the Uttarakhand Chief Minister who is heading a government with a brute majority of 57 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members in the 70-member Assembly. He is facing the heat of a new equation in his party -- former chief ministers Bhagat Singh Koshiyari and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank have joined hands. 

Every time the two BJP stalwarts joined hands, they have managed to oust their political opponents from the top job. In November 2000, soon after the formation of the new hill state, they got together and ended the political career of