Tirath Singh Rawat

Recent remarks by two former chief ministers made BJP leaders ill at ease as they showed things in BJP -governed state in a bad light, sources told news agency PTI

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat has said he does not regret his remarks on ripped jeans, that had kicked up a storm last year, and that "views remain unchanged".

While reacting to Congress leader Harish Rawat's tweets taking pot shots at the party leadership and organization, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat took a dig at him.

Pushkar Singh Dhami was chosen today to be the next Uttarakhand Chief Minister, a aay after Tirath Singh Rawat resigned amid infighting and the improbability of his getting elected to the state Assembly before September 10.

The Congress on Saturday hit out at the BJP leadership, saying instead of ushering in development, it has thrown Uttarakhand into political instability and betrayed its people by repeatedly changing chief ministers.

Less than four months after taking charge, Tirath Singh Rawat yesterday resigned as Uttarakhand Chief Minister following a constitutional crisis in the state with his inability to get elected as a member of the state Assembly amid the Covid crisis.

The Uttarakhand BJP legislature party will meet this afternoon to elect its new leader, a day after Tirath Singh Rawat resigned as Chief Minister after a less than four-month stint.

Veteran Congress leader Harish Rawat on Friday said Tirath Singh Rawat's resignation as Uttarakhand Chief Minister due to constitutional compulsion and byelections cannot be held in the state due to COVID is the biggest lie.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat handed in his resignation to the Governor on Friday, barely four months after he took charge and just ahead of polls next year in the state.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has been in Delhi for the past three days over worries that he may lose his four-month-old job because of the uncertainty over an election that he needs to win and a rift in the state BJP unit.

Colonel Ajay Kothiyal (retd), who recently joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), will contest the Gangotri bypolls against Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat.

Congress leader and former Uttarakhand minister Nav Prabhat today said a constitutional crisis appears to be brewing in the state and the state leadership has to be changed once again.

The scam involving fake Covid tests during the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar took place before he took office, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said Thursday while his predecessor Trivendra Singh Rawat demanded a judicial probe into it.

Satyavir Singh, the Plant Head of Mahindra's Haridwar facility, recently handed over 100 oxygen concentrators and three Supro ambulances to the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Tirath Singh Rawat and the District Magistrate of Haridwar.

Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said on Monday that the BJP would go to the next year's assembly election in Uttarakhand with the collective achievements of the state and central governments.

Recent remarks by two former chief ministers made BJP leaders ill at ease as they showed things in BJP -governed state in a bad light, sources told news agency PTI

Former Uttarakhand chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat has said he does not regret his remarks on ripped jeans, that had kicked up a storm last year, and that "views remain unchanged".

While reacting to Congress leader Harish Rawat's tweets taking pot shots at the party leadership and organization, Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat took a dig at him.

Pushkar Singh Dhami was chosen today to be the next Uttarakhand Chief Minister, a aay after Tirath Singh Rawat resigned amid infighting and the improbability of his getting elected to the state Assembly before September 10.

The Congress on Saturday hit out at the BJP leadership, saying instead of ushering in development, it has thrown Uttarakhand into political instability and betrayed its people by repeatedly changing chief ministers.

Less than four months after taking charge, Tirath Singh Rawat yesterday resigned as Uttarakhand Chief Minister following a constitutional crisis in the state with his inability to get elected as a member of the state Assembly amid the Covid crisis.

The Uttarakhand BJP legislature party will meet this afternoon to elect its new leader, a day after Tirath Singh Rawat resigned as Chief Minister after a less than four-month stint.

Veteran Congress leader Harish Rawat on Friday said Tirath Singh Rawat's resignation as Uttarakhand Chief Minister due to constitutional compulsion and byelections cannot be held in the state due to COVID is the biggest lie.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat handed in his resignation to the Governor on Friday, barely four months after he took charge and just ahead of polls next year in the state.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat has been in Delhi for the past three days over worries that he may lose his four-month-old job because of the uncertainty over an election that he needs to win and a rift in the state BJP unit.

Colonel Ajay Kothiyal (retd), who recently joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), will contest the Gangotri bypolls against Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat.

Congress leader and former Uttarakhand minister Nav Prabhat today said a constitutional crisis appears to be brewing in the state and the state leadership has to be changed once again.

The scam involving fake Covid tests during the Kumbh Mela in Haridwar took place before he took office, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said Thursday while his predecessor Trivendra Singh Rawat demanded a judicial probe into it.

Satyavir Singh, the Plant Head of Mahindra's Haridwar facility, recently handed over 100 oxygen concentrators and three Supro ambulances to the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Tirath Singh Rawat and the District Magistrate of Haridwar.

Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat said on Monday that the BJP would go to the next year's assembly election in Uttarakhand with the collective achievements of the state and central governments.