Tirath Singh Rawat takes oath as new Chief Minister Uttarakhand

March 10, 2021 B M 0 Comments

Dehradun, March 10 (Odibizinfo)

Tirath Singh Rawat took oath as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

today.

Tirath Singh Rawat was sworn in as Chief Minister by the Governor Baby Rani Maurya in Dehradun at Raj Bhawan in Dehradun in the afternoon.

Tirath replaced the Trivendra Singh Rawat.

Tirath Singh Rawat, Lok Sabha MP from Garhwal, was elected as leader of the BJP legislature party paving way for him to take over as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, a day after Trivendra Singh Rawat stepped down from the post.

Trivendra Singh Rawat’s resignation came after BJP general secretary in-charge of Uttarakhand Dushyant Kumar Gautam and former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh, submitted a report to the BJP’s central leadership detailing the rebellion in the state unit of the party, said sources.

Rawat tendered his resignation after meeting governor Baby Rani Maurya on Tuesday, a year before Uttarkhand is scheduled to go to the polls.

The BJP swept the elections in 2017, winning 57 seats in the 70-member Uttarakhand Assembly. Congress, on the other hand, won just 11 seats.