Why March is a volatile month for Uttarakhand politics

It was in March 2016 when an effort was made to topple the Harish Rawat government when a group of MLAs revolted against the CM. Then, in March last year, chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat sprung a surprise by declaring Gairsain as the summer capital which shook up the politics in the Himalayan state. This year, too, it is in March that the CM announced the decision to make Gairsian into a commisionary incorporating the districts of Kumaon. The move is said to have greatly incensed the BJP MLAs from Kumaon and a political crisis has ensued in the state with a change of guard likely.