Pushkar Singh Dhami will be the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. The BJP high command has once again given its consent in the name of Dhami. Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh announced the name of the CM after the BJP party meeting. If political sources are to be believed, the newly elected Chief Minister can take the oath of office and secrecy on March 24 or 26. Also, cabinet ministers can also be administered oath.
The fifth assembly of Uttarakhand has finally got the Chief Minister after a long wait for the 11th day. Rajnath Singh, who arrived with Observer Meenakshi Lekhi from New Delhi on Monday afternoon, discussed the name of the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand among MPs and MLAs at the BJP state office. After the meeting, Singh announced the name of the CM.
Earlier, on Monday morning, Governor Gurmeet Singh administered the oath of office and secrecy to Pro tem Speaker Banshidhar Bhagat at Raj Bhavan. After this, the MLAs elected to the fifth assembly of Uttarakhand were administered the oath of office and secrecy in the assembly.
Voting took place across the state on March 14 in Uttarakhand for the 2022 assembly elections. After the counting of votes on March 10, the BJP had secured a thumping majority by winning 47 seats. Whereas, Congress had to be satisfied with 19 seats and independents and BSP in two seats each.
The BJP, which is fighting over the CM face, suffered a setback when CM Pushkar Singh Dhami lost the election from Khatima assembly seat. He was defeated by Bhuvan Chandra Kapri of Congress. After Dhami lost the election, the lobbying for the post of CM started fiercely. Eventually, the BJP high command put an end to the lobbying, tightening the reins on the MLAs.
There was a race between these MLAs and MPs
The name of MLAs and MPs rose a lot to become the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. The names of Chobattakhal MLA Satpal Maharaj, Srinagar MLA Dhan Singh Rawat, Haridwar MLA Madan Kaushik have been in the headlines many times. For the first time, the name of a woman MLA Ritu Khanduri was also included in the race for Chief Minister. Along with this, the name of Anil Baluni including MP Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Union Minister of State for Defense Ajay Bhatt was also in the discussion. However, all the leaders kept telling themselves out of the race.
BJP was scolded for changing the chief minister
In Uttarakhand, the BJP had a lot of disgrace for changing two chief ministers in five years. The opposition Congress had also criticized the BJP government several times for giving three chief ministers to Uttarakhand. The BJP, which came to power in 2017 with a thumping majority, first made Trivendra Singh Rawat the Chief Minister.
After a tenure of about four years, the BJP removed Rawat and handed over the command of Uttarakhand to Tirath Singh Rawat. But, after a few months, the runaway of Uttarakhand in the BJP was handed over to the young Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.