BJP’s new Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat to take oath on Saturday

Announcing this after the legislature party meeting at a hotel in Dehradun, BJP’s central observer for the election Narendra Singh Tomar said Rawat’s name was proposed by Prakash Pant and Satpal Maharaj, MLAs from Pithoragarh and Chaubattakhal respectively, and by seconded by a host of other legislators.

Satpal Mahraj, a former Union minister and one of the proposers, was among the contenders for the top job.

Soon after the legislature party meeting, the MLAs left for Raj Bhawan where they will hand over the resolution on Rawat’s unanimous election to Governor K. K. Paul.

Rawat will be sworn-in as the eighth chief minister of the hill state tomorrow at the Dehradun Parade Ground in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah, besides a host of national and state party leaders.