Pushkar Singh Dhami to proceed as Uttarakhand Chief Minister

By PTI

DEHRADUN: Pushkar Singh Dhami will proceed because the Uttarakhand chief minister, stated the BJP on Monday, ending the 11-day suspense over it.

The BJP legislative occasion assembly to elect the brand new chief minister of Uttarakhand had begun right here round 5 pm.

It was attended by BJP’s central observers for Uttarakhand Rajnath Singh, Meenakshi Lekhi and the occasion’s ballot incharge for the state, Pralhad Joshi.

Dhami underneath whose management the BJP had contested the February 14 Assembly polls was the frontrunner for the put up.

The BJP’s dilemma on the selection of a chief minister for Uttarakhand was attributable to Dhami’s loss in Khatima, a seat he had been successful because the 2012 Assembly polls.

The occasion had gained 47 of the 70 seats within the Assembly polls, the outcomes of which have been introduced on March 10.