The suspense over the post of the Uttarakhand Chief Minister ended today with the meeting of the BJP’s legisture party, Pushkar Singh Dhami to be next CM of Uttarakhand.
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.
The BJP has won a record second term in the hill state with 47 of the 70 assembly seats after a campaign spearheaded by Mr Dhami, but he lost the election from Khatima, leading to uncertainty about the top post that has persisted for 10 days.
Dhami was made the Chief Minister in July last year after his predecessors Trivendra Singh Rawat and Tirath Singh Rawat came under a lot of criticism over their leadership.
It is believed that the party opted for Mr Dhami to counter the Congress and its former Chief Minister Harish Rawat in Kumaon. Mr Dhami is a two-time MLA from the region.
