Dhami is set to continue as CM despite losing his seat in assembly polls. A 2-time MLA with a background in ABVP and BJYM, he was installed as state’s youngest-ever CM last year.
With central observers announcing Dhami’s name after meeting MLAs, BJP has departed from practice of not making defeated candidates CM. New govt to take oath Wednesday.
Dehradun: Pushkar Singh Dhami will continue as the Uttarakhand chief minister, said the BJP on Monday, ending the 11-day suspense over it.
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The party has incumbent CMs in Manipur and Goa — N. Biren Singh and Pramod Sawant, respectively — and plausible alternatives from second-rung leadership.
While BJP won Uttarakhand polls, breaking anti-incumbency jinx, Dhami — party's CM face — lost. With many aspirants for the post, party has also received requests for a Brahmin CM & a woman CM.
Dhami lost to Congress’s Bhuwan Chand Kapri in Khatima Thursday, but BJP is silent so far on whether he’ll continue as CM. Only one CM of the state has successfully defended his seat.
In 2017, the BJP had swept the state elections, winning 57 seats. The party had polled 46.51 per cent votes then, compared to the Congress’ 33.5 per cent.
With BJP leaders framing hijab controversy in Karnataka as ‘conspiracy’ against India, the idea of the uniform civil code (UCC) has come up again as ‘need of the hour’.
Distress migration a major issue in poll-bound Uttarakhand. The state came into existence in 2000 after it was carved out of UP with the objective of equitable growth of the hills.
With leadership crisis — BJP changed CMs twice in 4 months last year — becoming a poll issue, ruling party is going overboard not to allow Dhami’s predecessors to overshadow him.
Following the transaction which is expected to be completed by November, Dassault Reliance Aerospace Ltd will become an associate company, with Reliance retaining a 49% stake.
From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.
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