Rudrapur: The hometown of Pushkar Singh Dhami Khatima (Udham Singh Nagar) wore a festive look on Sunday as he took oath as the new chief minister of the state. Residents of Khatima, situated along the India-Nepal border, are hopeful that the town will now witness a faster pace of development as Dhami, who is also the MLA from the constituency, is at the helm of affairs now.
Nandan Singh Bisht, a Khatima local, said, “We have high expectations as a young leader from our area has been made the chief minister. The poor health infrastructure is a major concern here and hence, we expect the new CM to get a branch of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) sanctioned for the area.”
UPDATED: March 10, 2021 12:25 IST
Uttarakhand BJP MLA Dhan Singh Rawat took a private helicopter to Dehradun on March 9 (ANI)
On March 9, just a week before he was to complete four years as chief minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat was shown the door after a majority of his cabinet colleagues and legislators revolted. He submitted his resignation to Governor Baby Rani Maurya on March 8.
It is most likely that 49 year-old Dhan Singh Rawatan erstwhile ABVP full-timer and current minister, will be elevated to the chief minister’s post. His main task will be to win back the confidence of the legislators, the party as well as RSS leaders in the state and get things moving at the organisational level.