Trivendra Singh Rawat to be Uttarakhand CM; to take oath Saturday

Mangalore Today News Network

Dehradun, Mar 17, 2017: Trivendra Singh Rawat was today unanimously elected the leader of Uttarakhand BJP legislature party, paving the way for the former RSS man’s swearing in tomorrow as the new Chief Minister of the state.

Announcing this after the legislature party meeting at a hotel here, BJP’scentral observer for the election Narendra Singh Tomar said Rawat’s name was proposed by Prakash Pant and Satpal Maharaj, MLAs from Pithoragarh and Chaubattakhal respectively, and byseconded by a host of other legislators.

Satpal Mahraj, a former Union minister and one of the proposers, was among the contenders for the top job.

Soon after the legislature party meeting, the MLAs left for Raj Bhawan where they will hand over the resolution on Rawat’s unanimous eletion to Governor K K Paul.

Rawat will be sworn-in as the eighth Chief Minister of the hill state tomorrow at the Parade Ground here in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, besides a host of national and state party leaders.