After the party retained power in the hill state for the second consecutive term, the BJP on Monday named Pushkar Singh Dhami as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Even though Dhami, 46, lost the February election to Khatima, which he had won in the last assembly elections, it seems the party gave him a second chance, based on the length and breadth of his work as CM, when he took the baton. . Last year from Trivendra Singh Rawat. live update here,
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in the swearing-in ceremony in Dehradun on 23 March. Sources said chief ministers of BJP-ruled states and senior party leaders would also attend.
Thakur leader Dhami was sworn in as chief minister last July. As a former president of the BJP youth wing, Dhami has cordial relations with youth workers. The party believes that Dhami helped curb the anti-incumbency wave to some extent.
Dhami was born in September 1975 in Pithoragarh district and belongs to the Thakur community. He has worked for the RSS and its allies for almost 33 years. His political journey started from Uttar Pradesh where he worked as an ABVP member in the Awadh province region for almost a decade.
He has also worked for BJP’s Uttarakhand Yuva Morcha from 2002 to 2008 and served as Officer on Special Duty to Bhagat Singh Koshyari while he was Chief Minister in 2001-02.
In 2012, he was elected MLA from Khatima for the first time and won again from the constituency in 2017.
in an interview with News18 Last year, Dhami had said, “Wait and see, we will bust this myth. Asked whether his government will win Uttarakhand for the second time in a row, Uttarakhand will create history by giving another chance to the BJP.
Ahead of the 2022 Uttarakhand elections, Dhami had said that his government would implement a Uniform Civil Code if voted to power. “This will be an important step towards fulfilling the dreams of the Constitution makers of India and will realize the spirit of the Constitution. It will also be an effective step towards Article 44 of the Indian Constitution which introduces the concept of equal law for all citizens of the society regardless of their religion,” Dhami said in Hindi.
The BJP won 47 seats in the February assembly elections, and it is quite historic that the party has come to power for the second time in a row in a state where anti-incumbency has prevented any party from remaining in power since its formation in 2000. not given. ,
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