The Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) on Saturday announced that Pushkar Singh Dhami will become the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and succeed Tirath Singh Rawat who stepped down from the post on Friday after nearly four months on from taking the post from Trivendra Singh Rawat.
Dhami was quoted by the ANI saying "My party has appointed a common worker, son of an ex-serviceman, who was born in Pithoragarh to serve the state. We'll work together for the people's welfare. We accept the challenge of serving people with the help of others in a short time span."
Uttarakhand is likely to go to polls next year. In the 2017 Assembly Elections, the BJP won 57 out of 70 seats after which Trivendra Singh Rawat was appointed as the CM.
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