Dehradun. Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on Wednesday. This is Dhami’s second consecutive term. Governor Gurmeet Singh administered the oath of office to Dhami at a function held at Parade Ground in Dehradun.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President JP Nadda, Union Minister Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and others were present at the swearing-in ceremony.
Governor Singh also administered oath to eight ministers of the Dhami government.
Satpal Maharaj, Ganesh Joshi, Rekha Arya, Subodh Uniyal, Dhan Singh Rawat, Saurav Bahuguna, Premchand Agarwal and Chandan Ram Das took oath as ministers in the Dhami government.
Dhami was elected as the 12th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand at the BJP Legislature Party meeting in Dehradun on Monday. After that the nominated Chief Minister Dhami met the Governor and officially staked claim to form the government in the state.
The BJP has created history by becoming the only party to retain power in the state for the second consecutive time since its formation. The BJP won 47 out of 70 seats, but Dhami – who was the third chief minister under the BJP rule, himself lost the election from Khatima constituency.
On July 4 last year, Dhami took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, replacing Tirath Singh Rawat, who resigned after Trivendra Singh Rawat for not being elected to the assembly within the required time of six months.
Dhami has worked in various positions in the ABVP, the student wing of the RSS, for many years. He has also served as the President of BJP Youth Wing in Uttarakhand for two terms. He was MLA from Khatima twice, but this time lost the election.
—AnyTV News
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