Tirath Singh Rawat sworn-in as Uttarakhand CM

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tirath Singh Rawat took the oath as the chief minister of Uttarakhand on Wednesday. Rawat was sworn-in as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand by Governor Baby Rani Maurya at the Raj Bhawan in Dehradun. Tirath Singh Rawat is the BJP's Lok Sabha MP from Pauri Garhwal. He was was chosen as the leader of the Uttarakhand BJP legislature party on Wednesday morning. This paved the way for his appointment as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand.

Expressing his gratitude towards the BJP leadership, Tirath Singh Rawat said that in his tenure of nearly a year, he would focus on health, education and tourism. “I will continue to work on development programmes introduced by Trivendra Singh Rawat so as to ensure the party’s victory in the next assembly elections,” said Rawat.  He was the chief of the party in Uttarakhand in 2013-15. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: "Congratulations to Shri @TIRATHSRAWAT on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. 

Congratulations to Shri @TIRATHSRAWAT on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He brings with him vast administrative and organisational experience. I am confident under his leadership the state will continue to scale new heights of progress.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 10, 2021