Temple Committee said that till the evening of June 11, the total number of pilgrims who reached Uttarakhand Chardham is 19,04,253 (nineteen lakh four thousand two hundred fifty-three).
“I thank the people of Champawat for this big win. This is the victory of Champawat. I will try to return the people’s blessing through development works,” Dhami told media persons.
Presently Dhami is not a member of the state legislative assembly. Dhami had lost to Congress candidate Bhuwan Chandra Kapri by a margin of 6,579 votes.
According to Chief Minister’s Office (CMO), as soon as the information was received Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami gave instructions to the Pithoragarh District Magistrate for speedy search and rescue of tourists.
The government has urged the devotees to start their journey only after checking the registration slots available on the portal of the Uttarakhand Tourism Department.
Gahtori will be contesting the bye-elections, scheduled on May 31, against the state Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party has given its approval to Pushkar Singh Dhami for the upcoming Uttarakhand Assembly by-election 2022, read the press note issued by BJP.
Notably, Yamunotri is a part of Char Dham (along with Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath), the four most revered Hindu pilgrimages in the Himalayas.
Informing about the resignation State BJP President Madan Kaushik told ANI, “The resignation of MLA Kailash Gehtodi has also been accepted. Chief Minister will now contest from this seat.”
The Commission has not increased fixed charges for domestic category consumers consuming up to 100 units per month, however, the tariff has been increased by 10 paise per unit.
Kanduri was elected as the fifth Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. She succeeded BJP’s Premchand Aggarwal, whose term ended on March 10.
The BJP’s central observers for the state, Union minister Rajnath Singh and senior leader Meenakshi Lekhi, attended the meeting at the state party headquarters in Dehradun.
Besides Shah, BJP president JP Nadda and general secretary (organisation) BL Santhosh were also present in the meeting that lasted more than an hour.
The BSP arrived at the conclusion at a meeting of office-bearers and workers of its Uttarakhand unit with party president Mayawati here to review its performance in the just concluded assembly polls.
The biggest setback for the BJP came in the form of the loss of its chief minister Puskar Singh Dhami to Congress’ Bhuwan Chandra Kapri by 6,579 votes.
Bhatt, a Lok Sabha member from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar, is a senior BJP leader who was a member of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly before the formation of Uttarakhand.
The polling was held in the state on February 14 with more than 65 per cent of the electorate casting their votes.
“Apart from Congress, we will take the cooperation of those parties and those individuals not only to win or lose but to make Uttarakhand,” Rawat told ANI.
Incumbent Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami sounded confident about the victory of the party in the polls.
Notably, the polling in Uttarakhand took place for the 70 seat Assembly on February 14. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
On January 27, the former Uttarakhand Congress president joined the BJP and was fielded from Tehri Assembly constituency.
Negi joined the Congress party in the presence of the former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Singh Rawat.
On the reason behind his expulsion from Congress, the newly inducted BJP leader said, “A picture of myself with BJP went viral which was represented in a different light.”
The party has announced 59 out of 70 seats for the polls. The BJP has fielded Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami from Khatima.
Incumbent Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami will contest from the Khatima constituency. Uttarakhand is slated to go to the polls in a single phase on February 14.
