Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 23 (ANI): Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday instructed the Director General of Police to take strict action regarding the Ankita murder case in Rishikesh.
Dehradun Mar 19 PTI The BJP legislature party meeting to decide the new chief minister of Uttarakhand is likely to be held here on MondayThe partys central observers for Uttarakhand Rajnath Singh and Meenakshi Lekhi may arrive a day earlier on Sunday or on the same day to attend the meeting state BJP spokesman Shadab Shams told PTIThe swearing-in ceremony may take place on Tuesday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi Home Minister Amit Shah BJP president J P Nadda and chief ministers of several BJP-ruled states likely to attend the event he saidWith Kumaon celebrating Holi on Saturday many MLAs who represent constituencies in that region are still there They have been informed about the likely formation of government in two to three days and will arrive in Dehradun by Sunday Uttarakhand BJP president Madan Kaushik saidWhile Pushkar Singh Dhami continues to be the frontrunner for the post of chief minister despite his defeat from Khatima other probable names for the top job doing the rounds include those of Chaubattakhal MLA Satpal Maharaj Shrinagar MLA Dhan Singh Rawat and Rajya Sabha member Anil BaluniDhami is likely to be repeated as chief minister as he is young and energetic and also because the BJP had contested the polls in his name and recorded a big win sources in the BJPs state unit saidAnother reason why the party may decide to continue with Dhami is that it has already drawn much flak for changing two chief ministers in quick succession during its last tenure the sources saidIf Keshav Prasad Maurya who lost his seat in Uttar Pradesh can be made deputy CM again why cant Dhami be made chief minister a BJP leader requesting anonymity saidHowever if the party goes for a new face the necessity of striking a caste and regional balance will be a deciding factor in the choice of the next chief minister the sources saidAs Ajay Bhatt a Brahmin from Kumaon has already been made a Union minister of state a Thakur or a Rajput from Garhwal may be chosen for the chief ministers post to strike the much needed caste and regional balanceIf that is the case then Satpal Maharaj or Dhan Singh Rawat who are prominent Thakur leaders from Garhwal may emerge as favouritesThere is also talk about the new cabinet likely to consist of more young faces and more womenThe new names doing the rounds as probables for ministerial positions are those of Saurabh Bahuguna and Ritu Khanduri Bhushan Saurabh Bahuguna who won from Sitarganj is former chief minister Vijay Bahugunas son and Ritu Khanduri Bhushan who won from Kotdwar is the daughter of BJP veteran and former chief minister Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri PTI ALM ALM ANB ANB
Pauri Garhwal (Uttarakhand) [India], March 10 (ANI): Daughter of former Uttarakhand chief minister Bhuvanchandra Khanduri, Ritu Khanduri Bhushan won the state Assembly elections from the Kotdwar seat as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.
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