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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. ....
With the BJP mulling a change of leadership in Uttarakhand, state minister Dhan Singh Rawat has emerged as a frontrunner to replace Triverdra Singh Rawat as chief minister. Sources said the party may also bring in a deputy chief minister, who will be from the Kumaon region. Pushkar Singh Dhami is likely to be deputy chief minister, the sources added. The central BJP leadership recently sent two observers, party vice president Raman Singh and general secretary Dushayant Kumar Gautam, to the state to get feedback from party s core group in the state amid report of discontent against the chief minister. ....
BJP national vice president Raman Singh is also likely to reach Dehradun today. Sources said that state minister Dhan Singh Rawat, who has been flown down from Srinagar, is the frontrunner for the top post. Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat submitted his resignation to governor Baby Rani Maurya Tourism minister Satpal Maharaj, Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni, Lok Sabha member Ajay Bhatt, RSS member Suresh Bhatt and former chief ministers Ramesh Pohriyal Nishak and Bhagat Singh Koshyari too are being regarded as likely CM picks. On Saturday evening, former Chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh, who was sent as an observer, presided over a core committee meeting where he took feedback from party legislators and left for Delhi. ....