In the year 2021, eight Chief Ministers took the helm in seven states

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The year 2021 has been heavy for the Chief Ministers of the country. So far this year, eight chief ministers have held power in seven states. Some chief ministers were replaced by the central leadership while some chief ministers were elected and came to power.

In 2021, three BJP-ruled states of Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Gujarat were forced to change four chief ministers in six months by the party's central leadership due to internal opposition from the people and the party. B. in Karnataka. S. Yeddyurappa had to resign in July 2021 due to allegations of corruption and internal opposition. The party had selected Basavaraj Bommai as the new chief minister to replace Yeddyurappa. Apart from this, considering the protests of the people against Trivendra Singh Rawat in Uttarakhand, the central leadership handed over the helm of the state to Tirath Singh Rawat in March 2021 and then to Pushkar Singh Dhami in July 2021. Apart from this, in view of the Assembly elections to be held in Gujarat a year later, Bhupendra Patel was made the new Chief Minister in place of Vijay Rupani. Thus, four chief ministers were replaced in six months in the three BJP-ruled states. In addition, Amarinder resigned following internal protests in Congress-ruled Punjab and a new chief minister will now be appointed.

Apart from this, assembly elections were held in West Bengal, Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in March-April 2021, with Mamata Banerjee and Paneer Vijay retaining their chief ministership in West Bengal and Kerala while Sarvanand Sonomaw was replaced by BJP in Assam. When AIADMK was defeated in Tamil Nadu, DMK's M. That. Stalin became the new chief minister of the state while N. in Puducherry. Rangaswamy became the new Chief Minister. Thus, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry got new chief ministers following the elections.