Trivendra Singh Rawat, a former Sangh leader, will become the new chief minister (CM) of Uttarakhand. He was elected as leader of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) legislature party in Dehradun on Friday.
Rawat, who was a front-line candidate in the race for the CM’s post, was chosen as leader of the state BJP legislature party after his name was proposed by Satpal Maharaj and seconded by Prakash Pant at a meeting in a hotel. Rawat was an organisational secretary of the state BJP when the state was formed on November 9, 2000.
The BJP had registered a mammoth victory