New Delhi: Pushkar Singh Dhami has been confirmed to take oath as Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Wednesday at 2:30 pm, reported news agency ANI. The event will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other union ministers as well.
Along with Dhami, his cabinet will also be administered the oath. The swearing-in ceremony will take place at the Parade Ground in Dehradun.
The decision to make Dhami the CM of the hill state was announced on Monday after a legislature party meeting in Dehradun. The meeting was attended by BJP's central observers for Uttarakhand Rajnath Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi, and the party's poll in charge for the state Pralhad Joshi.
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had made the announcement on Monday. “Pushkar Singh Dhami has been elected as the Leader of the Legislative Party. I congratulate him, I am confident that under his leadership Uttarakhand will make rapid progress,” Singh had tweeted.
There was a lot of speculation over CM’s name in Uttarakhand after Dhami lost from the Khatima constituency in the recently concluded assembly elections.
Dhami was BJP’s frontrunner for CM and also led the party to a second-time win in Uttarakhand. He was appointed as the CM of the state in July 2021 after Tirath Singh Rawat could not get elected as CM in the by-elections as he was covid-19 positive during the elections.