Pushkar Singh Dhami: From ABVP member to taking oath as Uttarakhand CM for 2nd term, know all about him here

Pushkar Singh Dhami is all set to be sworn in as the 12th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on March 23

New Delhi: Pushkar Singh Dhami was sworn in as the 12th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on Wednesday (March 23, 2022). Dhami took the oath for his second consecutive term at the Parade Ground in Dehradun in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, BJP president JP Nadda and a host of party leaders including the chief ministers of various BJP ruled states such as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan, Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar, Himachal Pradesh CM Jairam Thakur also attended the Dhami's grand oath-taking ceremony.

LIVE : परेड ग्राउंड, देहरादून में नवनिर्वाचित सरकार का शपथ ग्रहण समारोह https://t.co/8yyHUK6Svs — Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) March 23, 2022

Uttar Pradesh CM-designate Yogi Adityanath, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and other BJP leaders attend the swearing-in ceremony of Uttarakhand CM-designate Pushkar Singh Dhami in Dehradun. pic.twitter.com/0BTPnPppYD — ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) March 23, 2022

Who is Pushkar Singh Dhami?

• Pushkar Singh Dhami was born on September 16, 1975, in Pithoragarh's Tundi village. 
• Dhami's father was in the Indian Army and when he was in class 5, his family moved to Khatima, which was to become his 'karmabhoomi'. He won from there twice.
• He graduated from Lucknow University in Human Resource Management & Industrial Relations and also has a degree in law.
• Dhami began his political career in 1990 with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
• He was also the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha twice and campaigned for the reservation of jobs in industries for the local youth.
• Dhami is often regarded as protégé of Maharashtra Governor and former Uttarakhand chief minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari, whom he served as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) and an adviser.
• At 45, Dhami became Uttarakhand's youngest chief minister when he took over in July last year. He also happened to be his party's second CM replacement in 2021. Earlier Trivendra Singh Rawat was made to make way for Tirath Singh Rawat.

Though losing his own seat of Khatima which he had been winning since the 2012 assembly polls, Dhami has been credited for the BJP's big win in the state assembly polls in which the party won 47 out of a total of 70 assembly seats.

मुझे उत्तराखण्ड राज्य के ‘मुख्य सेवक’ का पुनः दायित्व दिए जाने पर मैं प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी, भाजपा के राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष श्री @JPNadda जी, केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री श्री @AmitShah जी व केंद्रीय रक्षा मंत्री श्री @rajnathsingh जी सहित शीर्ष नेतृत्व का आभार प्रकट करता हूं pic.twitter.com/B4Tq7c4Np7 — Pushkar Singh Dhami (@pushkardhami) March 21, 2022

The ruling party has formed the government in Uttarakhand again, the first time in the state's 21-year history that a party has come to power for a second term in a row.

(With agency inputs)