Dhami 2.0 ready to take charge, CM designate visits temple before swearing-in

New Delhi: Pushkar Singh Dhami is set to take oath as Uttarakhand Chief Minister for second term on Wednesday. The swearing-in will take place at Dehradun’s Parade Ground and is likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP Nadda.

Along with Chief Minister, his council of ministers is also likely to take oath of office.

Ahead of the swearing-in, the CM designate visited the famous Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple in Dehradun and sought diving blessings.

“People gave us a two-thirds majority and today our government is officially going to be formed. May God remove all obstacles and our state may further progress,” he said.

BJP’s Pushkar Singh Dhami offers prayers at Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple in Dehradun before taking oath as the CM of Uttarakhand

“I will be taking the oath today. People of the state has given us 2/3rd majority and today our government is officially going to be formed,” he says pic.twitter.com/JZOS8T3CNY

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 23, 2022

Pushkar Dhami was selected as the party’s choice for Chief Minister after days of speculation and deliberation by the BJP brass. On Monday, putting an end to suspense over all names, he was elected as the leader of BJP legislature party.

The BJP was in dilemma over picking him as the CM designate because of his electoral defeat from Khatima constituency, a set he kept winning since
2012. Dhami had lost to Congress candidate Bhuwan Chandra Kapri from Khatima by a margin of 6,579 votes.

BJP emerged victorious in Uttarakhand elections by winning 47 seats in the 70-member Assembly. Opposition Congress was restricted to mere 19 seats despite strong anti-incumbency wave in state. In 2017 elections, BJP had wo 57 seats.