Dehradun: Tirath Singh Rawat took oath as the brand new chief minister of Uttarakhand on Wednesday after Trivendra Singh Rawat stepped down from the put up on Tuesday.
Earlier, Tirath Singh met Governor Baby Rani Maurya to stake a declare to type the federal government within the state. The Lok Sabha MP from Garhwal was elected as chief of the BJP legislature making manner for him to take over as the state chief minister.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi prolong finest needs to the BJP MP hailing his huge administrative and organisational expertise.
Taking to microblogging website Twitter, PM Modi wrote: “Congratulations to Shri @TIRATHSRAWAT on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He brings with him vast administrative and organisational experience. I am confident under his leadership the state will continue to scale new heights of progress.”
Congratulations to Shri @TIRATHSRAWAT on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He brings with him huge administrative and organisational expertise. I’m assured below his management the state will proceed to scale new heights of progress.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 10, 2021
Tirath Rawat, 56, was a part of the Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the BJP`s youth wing, the place he served as the state vice-president for a while earlier than being elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council in 1997.
On Tuesday, Trivendra Singh Rawat had tendered his resignation after assembly the Governor of the state, Baby Rani Maurya, at Raj Bhawan in Dehradun. Later, whereas addressing a press convention he thanked the get together management for giving him the chance to serve the folks.
“The party gave me a golden opportunity to serve this state for four years. I had never thought that I would get such an opportunity. The party has now decided that the opportunity to serve as CM should be given to someone else now,” he stated.