Dehradun: The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Trivendra Singh Rawat was today sworn-in as the new 8th Chief Minister of the Uttarakhand state.
Trivendra was administered the oath of office by Governor Krishna Kant Paul.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah and a host of senior party leaders and Union Cabinet Ministers attended the oath-taking ceremony of Rawat, a long-time Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist.
Rawat will be sworn in as the ninth Chief Minister of the hill state during the grand ceremony at the Parade Grounds here.
According to party sources, apart from Trivendra, six ministers were also likely to be sworn in along with Rawat.
Trivendra Singh Rawat sworn-in as the 8th CM of Uttarakhand
Rawat is a former associate of Modi, was Agriculture Minister in the previous BJP government in Uttarakhand, which was carved out of Uttar Pradesh in 2000.
Elected from Doiwala, where he defeated Congress’s Hira Singh Bisht with a margin of over 24,000 votes, Rawat is widely regarded in the party for his organisational skills.
Rawat is also known as a ‘Pracharak’ (campaigner) in the RSS.
The BJP stunned the Congress by winning 57 of the 70 seats in Uttarakhand in the assembly elections.
Rawat will be the fifth BJP Chief Minister in the state. The party formed its first government in the state in 2000 with Nityanand Swami as the first Chief Minister.
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