(PTI)
Pushkar Singh Dhami will be the new chief minister of Uttarakhand following his election on Saturday as the leader of the BJP legislature party in the hill state where assembly polls are due next year.
The 45-year-old will be the youngest chief minister of the state and replaces Tirath Singh Rawat, who resigned on Friday night within four months of taking charge from Trivendra Singh Rawat.Dhami will be sworn in on Sunday, Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar told reporters after a legislature party meeting at the state BJP headquarters where he was a central observer.
“My party has appointed a common worker, son of an ex-serviceman, who was born in the border district of Pithoragarh to serve the people.”We’ll work on people’s issues with the cooperation of all. I will carry forward the work done by my predecessors,” Dhami, a two-time MLA from Khatima in Udham Singh Nagar district, said.As Dhami takes over less than a year ahead of the next assembly elections, his biggest challenge lies in leading the BJP to another victory and retaining power in Uttarakhand, where the party has been plagued by factionalism.
