Pushkar Singh Dhami today took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand at Dehradun’s Parade Ground in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Apart from PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president JP Nadda, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, and other BJP leaders including Yogi Adityanath, Manohar Lal Khattar were also present at the grand event.
46-year-old Pushkar Singh Dhami was administered the oath by Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh. This is Mr Dhami’s second stint as the Chief Minister.
Eight Cabinet ministers were sworn in along with Mr Dhami. Five of them – Satpal Maharaj, Subodh Uniyal, Dhan Singh Rawat, Rekha Arya and Ganesh Joshi – were part of the previous Dhami-led cabinet.
Three new faces, Chandan Ram Das, Saurabh Bahuguna and Premchand Aggarwal, were also inducted into Mr Dhami’s Cabinet today.