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Updated Mar 19, 2021 | 20:00 IST
Tirath Singh Rawat is all set to become the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is a prominent leader from the state and before becoming CM, he has served in various capacities for the welfare of the region. Tirath Singh Rawat | Photo Credit: PTI
Key Highlights
Tirath Singh Rawat was born on April 9, 1964, in Uttarakhand s Pauri.
He is a a prominent Thakur face of Uttarakhand and was the state s first Education Minister.
Outspoken about many of state s pertinent issues, he has participated in 30 Parliamentary debates so far.
As announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday after an elaborate party meeting at the state office, Tirath Singh Rawat is all set to become the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand after the former CM Trivenrda Singh Rawat handed in his resignation on Tuesday.
Read more about Was hurt when he was denied ticket from Chaubattakhal: U khand CM s wife on Business Standard. The wife of newly sworn-in Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat said she was hurt when he was denied a party ticket by the BJP from Chaubattakhal assembly constituency in the 2017 assembly polls
DEHRADUN: The five-day-long political turmoil that led to Trivendra Singh Rawat resigning from the CM’s post on Tuesday ended with Pauri MP Tirath Singh Rawat taking over as the 10th CM of Uttarakhand. He was administered the oath of office by governor Baby Rani Maurya on Wednesday evening.
Earlier, amid intense speculations on who would be chosen by the BJP leadership for the top post, Rawat, 56, emerged as the dark horse. Other names in circulation for the CM’s chair were those of Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, state tourism minister Satpal Maharaj and higher education minister Dhan Singh Rawat among others. Tirath Rawat, whose name was proposed by Trivendra Rawat at the legislative party meeting held at the BJP office in Balbir Road, is a close aide of former CM BC Khanduri and a former member of RSS and ABVP.