Trivendra Singh Rawat sworn in as Uttarakhand CM, PM Modi congratulates him
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Trivendra Singh Rawat after he took oath as Uttarakhand Chief Minister and expressed confidence that his government will achieve a record development in the state.
BJP leader Trivendra Singh Rawat was sworn in on Saturday, March 18, as Uttarakhand Chief Minister. Governor KK Paul administered the oath of office and secrecy to 56-year-old Rawat, a former RSS pracharak, and nine ministers at a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah and other national and state party leaders.
Satpal Maharaj, Harak Singh Rawat, Madan Kaushik, Arvind Pandey, Subodh Uniyal, Yashpal Arya and Prakash Pant have been made Cabinet ministers. Rekha Arya and Dhan Singh Rawat took oath as ministers of state.
The BJP decimated the Congress in the Assembly election, winning 57 of the 70 seats.Coupled with his administrative and organisational skills and experience, Rawat's loyalty to the party and RSS ideology catapulted him to the top post in the state. He had wrested the Doiwala seat from Congress with an impressive margin of 24,869 votes to win it for the third time.
Rawat was appointed the party's national secretary in 2013. He was later made co-incharge of the party's affairs in Uttar Pradesh in 2014. He was BJP in-charge of Jharkhand ahead of the crucial assembly election, a responsibility he discharged well to further strengthen the party leadership's trust in him.
BJP legislature party leader Trivendra Singh Rawat meeting Uttarakhand Governor KK Paul to stake claim for forming the government in the state, in Dehradun on Friday. Image courtesy: PTI
BJP leader Trivendra Singh Rawat being greeted by supporters after he was elected as the party's legislative party leader in Dehradun on Friday, 17 March, 2017. Image courtesy: PTI
Prime Minister, Narendra Modi being received by the Governor of Uttarakhand, Krishan Kant Paul, on his arrival at Dehradun airport to attend the oath taking ceremony of Trivendra Singh Rawat, at Dehradun, Uttarakhand on Saturday. Image courtesy: PTI
Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with newly appointed Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat congratulating cabinet ministers after the swearing-in ceremony in Dehradun on Saturday. Image courtesy: PTI