Dehradun Mar 23 PTI Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhamis mother Vishna Devi on Wednesday expressed confidence that her son will remain in the saddle for the whole of his five-year term and perform even better this time than his last tenure of six months I am very happy today My son has become chief minister for five years now He will do very well If he can do so well in just six months he can do far better in five years she said minutes before leaving for Parade Ground to see her son taking oath as the chief minister of Uttarakhand Brought in as a replacement for Tirath Singh Rawat in July last year Dhami had just about six months to function as chief minister before Uttarakhand went to the polls in February The late N D Tiwari who was Uttarakhands first chief minister is the only CM to complete his term All other chief ministers including Bhagat Singh Koshyari Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank Vijay Bahuguna Harish Rawat Trivendra Singh Rawat had to relinquish office before the completion of their term The BJP had drawn much flak for changing two chief ministers within just a few months during its previous term in office Born in a small village in Pithoragarh district into a family of Kumaoni Rajputs Dhami comes from a humble background Dhamis father Sher Singh Dhami was an Army subedar and he read in a village school for five years PTI ALM RDK

Dehradun Mar 21 PTI BJPs central observers for Uttarakhand Rajnath Singh and Meenakshi Lekhi and the states poll affairs in charge Pralhad Joshi reached here on Monday afternoon to attend a meeting of the partys newly-elected MLAs to decide the states next chief minister The meeting which is slated to begin at 5 pm will end 11 days of suspense over who would be the CM Soon after they arrived at Dehraduns Jollygrant Airport the BJPs central leaders left for the city where newly elected party legislators have begun to arrive at the party office on Balbir Road to deliberate on the issue of the next chief minister Dhami under whose leadership the BJP had contested the February 14 assembly polls in Uttarakhand is the frontrunner among around half a dozen names doing the rounds The other probables for the top post include Chaubattakhal MLA Satpal Maharaj Shrinagar MLA Dhan Singh Rawat Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni former Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Union minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt The BJPs dilemma on the choice of a chief minister for Uttarakhand began with the defeat of Dhami from Khatima a seat he had been winning since 2012 A section of BJP leaders however credit Dhami for the partys big win in the state assembly polls and want him to be the chief minister again so that he gets a full five-year term to deliver on Prime Minister Narendra Modis vision of development in Uttarakhand Dhami and Pradesh BJP president Madan Kaushik had attended a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence on Sunday to discuss various issues Former Uttarakhand chief ministers Nishank and Trivendra Singh Rawat had also attended the Sunday meeting with Shah after which Dhami had said the chief minister will be decided at the legislative party meeting in Dehradun on Monday The party which went to the polls with Dhami as its chief ministerial candidate won 47 out of a total 70 assembly seats in the state to return to power for a second consecutive term - something which has happened for the first time in the states electoral history Political observers here feel the BJP does not have much scope left for experimentation in Uttarakhand where it has already experimented on two chief ministers in its last tenure Dhami had been brought in as a replacement for Tirath Singh Rawat towards the fag end of its last tenure in July 2021 and his contribution to the partys good showing at the hustings cannot be overlooked political analysts said However if the party goes for a new face the necessity to strike a caste and regional balance will be a deciding factor The party will also try to give a CM who can keep his flock together and completes the whole five-year term they said However BJP has a penchant for springing surprises on such occasions Both Tirath Singh Rawat and Dhami were surprise choices for the post of CM when they were given the reign of power in the state Their names were out of the range of media speculation PTI ALM ALM RAX RAX

Dehradun, March 10: Uttarakhand Assembly Election Results 2022 will be declared on Thursday, March 10. The 70 assembly seats of 13 districts in the hilly state of Uttarakhand underwent polling on Monday, February 14, in a single phase. A total of 632 candidates are in the fray for the 70-member Uttarakhand Assembly Elections 2022. According to the […]

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday tasked party workers and election candidates with responsibilities for the March 10 counting of votes in the state.

Dehradun Jan 19 PTI Former Uttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has offered not to contest the upcoming assembly polls in UttarakhandIn a letter to BJP president J P Nadda the former chief minister asked him to accept his request for not contesting the polls so he could devote all his time towards working to ensure the partys victoryTrivendra Singh Rawat who represents the Doiwala constituency in Uttarakhand assembly said due to the changed political circumstances in the state he should not contest the pollsThere has been a change of guard in the state It has got a young leader in Pushkar Dhami In the changed political circumstances I think I should not contest the 2022 assembly polls I had apprised the party with my feelings earlier he saidTrivendra Singh Rawat was replaced as the chief minister by Tirath Singh Rawat in March last year just a few days ahead of completing four years in office Dhami succeeded Tirath Singh Rawat who resigned after nearly four months in officeTrivendra Singh Rawat expressed gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party leadership for giving him an opportunity to serve Uttarakhand as its chief ministerHe said he got unprecedented support from the prime minister during his tenure as chief minister He also thanked the people of Doiwala for giving their blessings to him and hoped they will continue to give their blessings to the BJP in future PTI ALM RHL

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 10 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday visited Shri Tapkeshwar Mahadev Temple in Dehradun to offer his prayers ahead of assembly elections.

New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Uttarakhand will for go for a single-phase assembly polls on February 14.

New Delhi [India], December 23 (ANI): Former Uttarakhand Chief Minister and BJP leader Tirath Singh Rawat has said Congress in the state will face a "conflict" similar to the one it faced in Punjab over infighting which resulted in Captain Amarinder Singh resigning as Chief Minister and floating his own party.

New Delhi [India], December 22 (ANI): While reacting to Congress leader Harish Rawat's tweets taking pot shots at the party leadership and organization, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat took a dig at him by saying that "that he won't skip elections because that is his priority, but he should take some rest now."

Addressing the recent change of guards in states led by both BJP and the Congress, Kapil Sibal on Sunday asked if this will help the parties. Pointing to the sudden change in Chief Ministers in three states ahead of the state polls in 2022, Congress leader Kapil Sibal asked if it will buy parties time and help […]