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The BJP lost state assembly elections to Congress in the year 2002.
In March 2002, ND Tiwari of Congress became CM of the state and was the only CM to complete his tenure and remained in the office till March 7, 2007.
In March 2012, Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri of the BJP took charge as CM who was removed by the party after 2 years 111 days to bring in Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank to gain the lost ground of popularity.
Later, in September 2011 Nishank was removed after 2 years and 75 days in the office and Khanduri was brought in for upcoming elections due just six months.
The BJP suffered defeat by a slim margin of one seat and Congress was able to form the government with the help of other MLAs including independents in 70 member state legislative assembly.
Express News Service
DEHRADUN: As Manish Sisodia on Monday flagged off 70 vans to Uttarakhand with five AAP workers each outlining the efforts of the party to make inroads in the hill state trends of over two decades suggest a bumpy ride full of obstacles ahead of them.
Political commentators, experts and those who participated in statehood movement of Uttarakhand say that the state tends to favour national parties over regional parties.
Avtar Singh Rawat (79), senior advocate from the Supreme Court and Uttarakhand High Court who participated actively in statehood agitation says, The people of Uttarakhand have a history of strong affiliation to the Centre. This may be because they do not think much of regional identity like Southern parts of our country. Though statehood agitation was one great movement with large public participation, people of Uttarakhand prefer more of an inclusive nationalist view than exclusive regionalism. Uttarakhand really can be referred to as