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DEHRADUN: After intense firefighting by party leaders to contain rebellion, Pushkar Singh Dhami (45) took oath of office and secrecy as Uttarakhand’s 11th chief minister at Raj Bhawan here on Sunday evening. Apart from Dhami, 11 ministers from the outgoing Tirath Singh Rawat ministry were sworn in, including all those who were frowning at his appointment. The tense drama continued till the last minute, as very few were aware of the grumpy leaders joining the ministry. “It was a surprise as everyone thought only the chief minister-designate will take oath. When the announcer called the names of 11 members of the Tirath Singh Rawat cabinet, it was clear that all wrinkles had been ironed out,” said a party insider. ....
1064 Vibha Sharma New Delhi, July 4 Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in Dehradun today, becoming the third BJP leader to hold the post in the past four months and 11th since it attained statehood in November 2000. Dhami was administered the oath of office along with 11 ministers by Governor Baby Rani Maurya, two days after Garhwal MP Tirath Singh Rawat resigned from the post to avoid a “constitutional crisis” in the hill state. The ministers include Satpal Maharaj, Harak Singh Rawat, Banshidhar Bhagat, Yashpal Arya, Bishan Singh Chuphal, Subodh Uniyal, Arvind Pandey, Ganesh Joshi, Dhan Singh Rawat, Rekha Arya and Yatishwaranand. ....
Pushkar Singh Dhami has no previous experience of being a minister and his surprise elevation to the top post allegedly rankled several senior ministers. (PTI) DEHRADUN: A day after Khatima legislator Pushkar Singh Dhami was named as the CM choice by BJP to replace Tirath Rawat, hectic day-long parleys were done throughout the day on Sunday by the party’s trouble-shooters to pacify senior leaders who were reportedly upset at the choice. Dhami, 45, a two-time MLA, has no previous experience of being a minister and his surprise elevation to the top post allegedly rankled several senior ministers like Satpal Maharaj, Yashpal Arya, Bishan Singh Chuphal, Subodh Uniyal and Harak Singh Rawat. Many of them have a Congress background and had joined BJP in 2016 after rebelling from the Congress. ....
Dhami takes oath as some BJP leaders sulking in Uttarakhand AGE CORRESPONDENT WITH AGENCY INPUTS | YOJNA GUSAI Published : Jul 5, 2021, 6:57 am IST Updated : Jul 5, 2021, 6:57 am IST Mr Dhami is the youngest CM of the hill state and represents Khatima Assembly constituency in Udham Singh Nagar district Uttarakhand new Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami (L) gestures to BJP MLA Satpal Maharaj (R) after taking oath during a swearing-in ceremony in Dehradun, Sunday, July 4, 2021. (PTI) New Delhi/Dehradun: A “third generation” BJP leader, Pushkar Singh Dhami, took the oath as Uttarakhand’s 11th chief minister – the third in the last four months on Sunday, the day the BJP central leadership intervened to exhort some senior state leaders to “accept” the “unanimous decision” taken by the legislature party of choosing Mr Dhami as its leader. ....
Pushkar Singh Dhami with BJP leaders, in Dehradun, July 3. (PTI Photo) They say all s well that ends well. Is it really over? And is all well in Uttarakhand BJP? Pushkar Singh Dhami, 45, took oath as the eleventh chief minister of Uttarakhand on Sunday. Dhami replaced Tirath Singh Rawat, who submitted his resignation on Friday, citing a “constitutional crisis” as his election to the state legislative assembly within the stipulated time might not be possible due to Covid-19. Along with Dhami, 11 MLAs of the BJP were sworn in as members of his council of ministers. They included Satpal Maharaj, Harak Singh Rawat, Bansidhar Bhagat, Yashpal Arya, Bishan Singh Chuphal, Subodh Uniyal, Dhan Singh Rawat, Arvind Pandey, Ganesh Joshi, Rekha Arya and Swami Yatishwaranand. ....