Tirath Singh Rawat to be new Uttarakhand Chief Minister

Pauri Garhwal MP Tirath Singh Rawat was chosen the leader of the Uttarakhand BJP legislature party on Wednesday paving the way for his appointment as the new chief minister of the stateHis name was announced by outgoing chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat after the legislature party meeting which lasted for around 30 minutesTirath Singh Rawat will be swornin as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand in the evening official sources saidThey said preparations have begun at the Raj Bhawan here for the swearingin ceremonyEarlier accompanied by party MLAs and MPs Tirath met Governor Baby Rani Maurya at the Raj Bhawan to stake his claim for forming the governmentThe ruling Bharatiya Janata Party BJP has 56 MLAs in the 70member Uttarakhand AssemblyTirath was the state BJP president from 201315 and is currently the partys national secretaryHe was also an MLA from the Chaubattakhal constituency from 201217His choice as the new chief minister by the BJP comes as a surprise as he was not among the favouritesAfter being congratulated by the outgoing chief minister and BJPs central observer and national vicepresident Raman Singh Tirath Singh Rawat thanked the top leadership of the saffron party for giving him the new responsibilityI have been a humble party worker I had never imagined that I will be a given an opportunity like this by the party I hope that with everyones cooperation and blessings I will do justice to my new role he saidThough he has held important organisational positions both in the state and at the Centre Tirath is a firsttime MPHe defeated his political mentor and BJP veteran Bhuvan Chandra Khanduris son Manish Khanduri of the Congress by over three lakh votes to win from the Pauri Garhwal seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha pollsFormer Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh whose report to the central leadership of the party set in motion the process of leadership change in the hill state said With the kind of challenges facing Uttarakhand it has got a good leaderUnion Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank who was also being considered a contender for the post said Tirath Singh Rawat was a good choiceTirath Singh Rawat is indeed a good choice Now the BJP is sure to win the 2022 Assembly polls in Uttarakhand he told reporters after coming out of the state party office hereThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever