Uttarakhand Election Results 2022: Riding on the popularity chariot of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday created a new history by returning to power in Uttarakhand. BJP is back in power once again with a thumping majority of 47 seats.
However, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who played a key role in this big victory, has failed to retain his assembly seat Khatima and this defeat has spoiled the fun of BJP’s majority victory. Dhami lost to Congress’s caretaker state president Bhuvan Chandra Kapri by a margin of 6,579 votes.
After the defeat, CM Dhami has resigned from his post. He has submitted his resignation to the Governor. Now there is a constant stir within the BJP regarding the election of the new Chief Minister. Dhami on Friday resigned as the chief minister and said he has been asked to continue in the post till a new government is formed.
Whom will BJP make CM?
Discussions have started regarding the new CM with the newly elected MLAs reaching Dehradun in Uttarakhand, where senior leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya and Prahlad Joshi are already camping. Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan have been tasked by the central BJP leadership to finalize the CM face in Uttarakhand and they will also reach Dehradun soon.
Amidst the discussion of the new CM face, Vijayvargiya has indicated that Dhami will no longer be in the race. When asked about Dhami, he said that we have internal democracy. Legislators will choose their leader. No one can comment on who will be the Chief Minister. Dhami is now a national leader.
Two names are ahead in the race for the post of CM
Sources say that Satpal Maharaj and Dhan Singh Rawat are already in the race for the post of CM. If BJP leaders are to be believed, only an MLA can be made the Chief Minister. In such a situation, what is going on in the forefront is that of State Health Minister Dhan Singh Rawat, who also has a lot of experience in the organization. He has also taken the experience of the government very well in the last five years. There is a lot of discussion in the BJP about Dhan Singh Rawat, a close aide of former Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat.
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Dhan Singh Rawat can get the benefit of being close to Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. Dhan Singh Rawat can also get the benefit of being close to the Sangh. If Dhan Singh Rawat is not made the Chief Minister, then BJP can also make Satpal Maharaj the Chief Minister. Satpal Maharaj first left the Congress and joined the BJP and after that he was also involved in campaigning for many states from Uttarakhand.
During the tenure of last 5 years, during the change of Chief Minister thrice, there was a lot of discussion in the name of Satpal Maharaj but he could not get the chair. The biggest advantage for Satpal Maharaj is his close association with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Being close to Mohan Bhagwat, Satpal Maharaj can be made the Chief Minister. Mohan Bhagwat himself has also spoken to the Prime Minister and Home Minister Amit Shah many times for Satpal Maharaj.
Ramesh Pokhriyal also included in the race
If the CM is not made from among the MLAs, then the party can also play bets on veteran former CM Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank. Being a Brahmin, the party would like to send a message to Uttar Pradesh by making Brahmin CM in the state before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank’s name can also be stamped due to better experience of organization and government. Nishank has a very strong relationship with the BJP high command in Delhi.
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