Tirath Singh Rawat faces challenges from correcting the mistakes of his predecessor, to win trust of MLAs and the party cadre, unemployment etc.
Tirath Singh Rawat has been sworn in as the ninth chief minister of Uttarakhand. The 56-year-old MP from Pauri replaced Trivendra Singh Rawat who stepped down from the post. The BJP chose Tirath Singh Rawat over prominent candidates like union ministers Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, Dhan Singh Rawat, Satpal Maharaj, Ajay Bhatt and others.
Tirath Singh Rawat profile
He began his political journey as RSS pracharak and then went to hold key positions in ABVP. He was inspired to enter active politics after he met and interacted with former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in Pauri.
The party placed trust in him in 2012 and he emerged victorious from Chaubattakhal in Pauri district. But in 2017, the party denied him ticket and fielded former Congress MP Satpal Maharaj who joined BJP in March 2014. Maharaj won and joined the Trivendra Singh Rawat cabinet.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Tirath Singh Rawat won by a margin of over 3 lakh votes defeating BC Khanduri's son Manish, a Congress candidate.
Four years after denying him an MLA ticket, BJP on Wednesday picked him as the next chief minister of Uttarakhand and party's face for the 2022 assembly polls.
Challenges before Tirath Singh Rawat
With less than one year left for Assembly elections 2022, he will have to take policy decisions to change the perception that the BJP government failed to deliver despite an overwhelming majority in the Assembly.
He will have to check dissent among MLAs and party leaders by developing coordination with the government and bureaucrats.
Tirath Singh Rawat will have to sanction small to medium budget infrastructure projects that need to be completed swiftly.
Kumbh Mela is the first opportunity for him to showcase his administrative efficiency and win the trust of the saint fraternity.
Purohits in Char Dham shrines and a section of VHP functionaries are upset since the Trivendra government passed the Char Dham Devasthanam Management Bill, bringing shrines and other temples under its direct control.
He will have to ensure to keep all key stakeholders in the loop and maintain a dialogue with every public representative and national leader from the state. Former CM Trivendra Singh Rawat faced a lot of criticism for creating commissionerate in Gairsain.
Unemployment is a big problem in Uttarakhand. Hence he will have to provide openings in the government sector. Trivendra Singh had stressed on distributing loans for self-employment.
Tirath Singh Rawat will face the assembly bypoll in Salt and the Garhwal Lok Sabha seat that will fall vacant after his resignation.
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