Vikrant Shekhawat : Mar 21, 2022, 06:11 PM
Pushkar Singh Dhami will once again become the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was unanimously elected the leader of the legislature party in the meeting of BJP MLAs. BJP's central observers Rajnath Singh and Meenakshi Lekhi were also present in the meeting. With this, the suspense of the Chief Minister's post, which has been going on for 11 days in the state, ended. In fact, due to the defeat of Pushkar Singh Dhami from Khatima seat in the assembly elections, other leaders also started claiming for the post of CM. During the election campaign, Rajnath Singh had said that Dhami is a flower as well as a fire.
Pushkar Singh Dhami: Koshyari and close to Rajnath, first BJYM president of Uttarakhand
Born on 16 September 1975 in Tundi village of Pitharagarh, Pushkar Singh Dhami has a strong hold in the party. He is close to Bhagat Singh Koshyari, former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Governor of Maharashtra. Apart from this, Dhami is also considered close to Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. When Uttarakhand was carved out as a separate state, Dhami had also been the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
Pushkar Singh Dhami became MLA from Khatima seat for the first time in 2012. He then defeated Devendra Chand of Congress by a margin of around 5 thousand votes. In the 2017 Uttarakhand assembly elections, Dhami won from Khatima for the second time in a row. This time he defeated Bhuvan Chandra Kapri of Congress by a margin of less than 3 thousand. He became the 11th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. This time Kapri has defeated him by 6000 votes.
ups and downs of state powerUttarakhand, which came into existence as the 27th state of the country on November 9, 2000, has got 12 chief ministers so far. In the year 2000, BJP got the opportunity to form the first interim government and Nityanand Swami became the first Chief Minister. Swamy died in October 2001 before the completion of his one-year term and Bhagat Singh Koshyari was made the CM in his place. Koshyari got a tenure of only about four months as the BJP was ousted from power in the first assembly elections held in early 2002.Tiwari became CM from CongressNarayan Dutt Tiwari became the third Chief Minister of the state when Congress came to power. Tiwari is so far the only Chief Minister who has completed five years in office. In the second assembly elections of the year 2007, again the BJP got a chance to form the government. BJP made the then MP Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri the Chief Minister but after two and a half years in June 2009, Khanduri was removed and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was crowned as the Chief Minister. Nishank also got a chance to stay in this post for about two and a half years and in September 2011, Khanduri was again handed over the command of the government by the BJP.Congress got power againCongress came to power in the third assembly election of 2012. The Congress also made an MP Vijay Bahuguna the Chief Minister instead of the MLA. Bahuguna was in the chair from March 2012 to January 2014. He had to step down due to infighting in the Congress and Harish Rawat became the Chief Minister in February 2014.BJP came to powerIn the fourth assembly election of the year 2017, the Congress was parted from power and then the BJP got the opportunity. This time BJP handed over the chief minister's chair to MLA Trivendra Singh Rawat in March 2017. On March 9, 2021, just days before completing his four-year term, Trivendra had to lose the chief minister's post following unexpected developments. On March 10, Tirath Singh Rawat became the 10th Chief Minister of the state and he died in just 114 days. After this, Pushkar Singh Dhami was crowned as the 11th CM.
Dhami also read in the ocean of MPPushkar Singh Dhami, the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, has a close relationship with Sagar district of MP. Apart from his studies in Kendriya Vidyalaya, he was associated with the RSS and during this time former Minister Late. He has been associated with the family of Harnam Singh Rathore.Actually Dhami's father was posted in the army in Sagar. During the year 1993-94, Pushkar Singh studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sagar. Along with studies here, he has also been associated with student politics. Being associated with the RSS, the former minister of Pushkar, Late. Harnam Singh used to visit Rathore's house frequently.Along with former MLA Rathore, he has participated in many party programs in Bhopal.
Pushkar Singh Dhami: Koshyari and close to Rajnath, first BJYM president of Uttarakhand
Born on 16 September 1975 in Tundi village of Pitharagarh, Pushkar Singh Dhami has a strong hold in the party. He is close to Bhagat Singh Koshyari, former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and Governor of Maharashtra. Apart from this, Dhami is also considered close to Defense Minister Rajnath Singh. When Uttarakhand was carved out as a separate state, Dhami had also been the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.
Pushkar Singh Dhami became MLA from Khatima seat for the first time in 2012. He then defeated Devendra Chand of Congress by a margin of around 5 thousand votes. In the 2017 Uttarakhand assembly elections, Dhami won from Khatima for the second time in a row. This time he defeated Bhuvan Chandra Kapri of Congress by a margin of less than 3 thousand. He became the 11th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. This time Kapri has defeated him by 6000 votes.
ups and downs of state powerUttarakhand, which came into existence as the 27th state of the country on November 9, 2000, has got 12 chief ministers so far. In the year 2000, BJP got the opportunity to form the first interim government and Nityanand Swami became the first Chief Minister. Swamy died in October 2001 before the completion of his one-year term and Bhagat Singh Koshyari was made the CM in his place. Koshyari got a tenure of only about four months as the BJP was ousted from power in the first assembly elections held in early 2002.Tiwari became CM from CongressNarayan Dutt Tiwari became the third Chief Minister of the state when Congress came to power. Tiwari is so far the only Chief Minister who has completed five years in office. In the second assembly elections of the year 2007, again the BJP got a chance to form the government. BJP made the then MP Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri the Chief Minister but after two and a half years in June 2009, Khanduri was removed and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was crowned as the Chief Minister. Nishank also got a chance to stay in this post for about two and a half years and in September 2011, Khanduri was again handed over the command of the government by the BJP.Congress got power againCongress came to power in the third assembly election of 2012. The Congress also made an MP Vijay Bahuguna the Chief Minister instead of the MLA. Bahuguna was in the chair from March 2012 to January 2014. He had to step down due to infighting in the Congress and Harish Rawat became the Chief Minister in February 2014.BJP came to powerIn the fourth assembly election of the year 2017, the Congress was parted from power and then the BJP got the opportunity. This time BJP handed over the chief minister's chair to MLA Trivendra Singh Rawat in March 2017. On March 9, 2021, just days before completing his four-year term, Trivendra had to lose the chief minister's post following unexpected developments. On March 10, Tirath Singh Rawat became the 10th Chief Minister of the state and he died in just 114 days. After this, Pushkar Singh Dhami was crowned as the 11th CM.
Dhami also read in the ocean of MPPushkar Singh Dhami, the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, has a close relationship with Sagar district of MP. Apart from his studies in Kendriya Vidyalaya, he was associated with the RSS and during this time former Minister Late. He has been associated with the family of Harnam Singh Rathore.Actually Dhami's father was posted in the army in Sagar. During the year 1993-94, Pushkar Singh studied in Kendriya Vidyalaya Sagar. Along with studies here, he has also been associated with student politics. Being associated with the RSS, the former minister of Pushkar, Late. Harnam Singh used to visit Rathore's house frequently.Along with former MLA Rathore, he has participated in many party programs in Bhopal.