Tirath Singh Rawat takes oath as Uttarakhand CM.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Tirath Singh Rawat quickly after he took oath as Uttarakhand CM at Raj Bhavan in Dehradun. PM Modi, in his message, expressed confidence that Uttarakhand will proceed to make progress beneath the management of Tirath Singh Rawat who changed Trivendra Singh Rawat on the highest chair.
PM Modi additionally highlighted that Tirath Singh has huge administrative and organisational expertise.
“Congratulations to Shri @TIRATHSRAWATÂ Â 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,” PM Modi stated in his tweet.
Tirath Singh Rawat was the state BJP president from 2013-15 and is at the moment the occasion’s nationwide secretary. He was additionally an MLA from the Chaubattakhal constituency from 2012-17.
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His selection because the new chief minister by the BJP comes as a shock as he was not among the many favourites.
Though he has held necessary organisational positions each within the state and on the Centre, Tirath Singh Rawat is a first-time MP.
He defeated his political mentor and BJP veteran Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri’s son Manish Khanduri of the Congress by over three lakh votes to win from the Pauri Garhwal seat within the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
