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Uttarakhand Crisis LIVE Updates: Tirath Singh Rawat,56, will be the new chief minister of Uttarakhand after the resignation of Trivendra Singh Rawat. A BJP MP, he was the chief of the party in Uttarakhand from 2013 to 2015 and also an MLA from the state in the past. Rawat edged out prominent names such as those of Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Dhan Singh Rawat.
Names of at least half a dozen leaders, including Dhan Singh Rawat, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Satpal Maharaj, were doing the rounds to replace Trivendra Singh Rawat, who resigned as the chief minister of Uttarakhand on Tuesday. Trivendra Singh Rawat’s substitute was decided at a state legislature party meeting at the BJP headquarters on Wednesday under the watch of party national vice-president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, political circles are abuzz with speculations.
Sources said state minister Dhan Singh Rawat has emerged as a frontrunner to be the next chief minister. A man known for his polite ways, 48-year-old Dhan Singh, a resident of Paithani village in Pauri district, is said to be close to the outgoing chief minister. Singh became an MLA for the first time in 2017. Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj is also being looked at as a prominent contender. A former Congress heavyweight, Maharaj joined the BJP in 2014 after losing the race for chief ministership to Harish Rawat. Maharaj is an MLA from Chaubattakhal in Pauri district. He is also a spiritual guru having admirers across the country. The 69-year-old had been a Congress MP from Pauri in the past.
"I thank PM, HM & party chief who trusted me, a mere party worker who comes from a small village. I'd never imagined that I'd reach here. We'll make all efforts to meet people's expectations & take forward work done in last 4 years," said the newly appointed Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat
What are Two Challenges for BJP with Choosing New CM? The new entrant Tirath Singh Rawat, is MP from Pauri Garhwal. Now Rawat will have to contest an assembly election, following which the Pauri seat will go for a bypoll.
Tirath Singh Rawat was Uttarakhand BJP chief from February 2013 to December 2015
- He was RSS pracharak from 1983 to 1988
- He was an MLC (a member of legislative council) in undivided UP in 1997
- He was first education minister of Uttarakhand in Nityanand Swamy govt in 2000
- He was also MLA from Chaubttakhal constituency from 2012 to 2017.
- He also became BJP national secretary in 2017
- He was known to be close to former Uttarakhand Chief Minister BC Khanduri
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The Chief Minister will take oath at 4 pm today.
BJP MP Tirath Singh Rawat to become new chief minister of Uttarakhand: Trivendra Singh Rawat who resigned from the post yesterday
— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2021
Tirath Singh Rawat will take oath as the chief minister at 4 pm today. pic.twitter.com/ihhLdjkGRG
Who is Tirath Singh Rawat? Aged 56-year-old, MP from the Pauri district, Tirath Singh Rawat has been announced as the 10th chief minister of Uttarakhand after Trivendra Rawat resigned from the post yesterday. With a background from Rashtriya Swayam Sewak (RSS), he was once considered a confidant of BC Khanduri and was also the state's party president.
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BJP to Meet Today to Pick Trivendra Singh Rawat's Replacement A Day After he Resigns | Names of at least half a dozen leaders, including Dhan Singh Rawat, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Satpal Maharaj, are doing the rounds to replace Trivendra Singh Rawat, who resigned as the chief minister of Uttarakhand on Tuesday. Though Trivendra Singh Rawat’s substitute will be decided at a state legislature party meeting at the BJP headquarters here on Wednesday under the watch of party national vice-president and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, political circles are abuzz with speculations.
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