Uttarakhand CM Oath Ceremony: Pushkar Singh Dhami was sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand in a grand ceremony on March 23, 2022.

Overview:

• The 46-year-old is the youngest Chief Minister of the state.
• This will be his second consecutive term.
• Governor Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh administered him the oath of office and secrecy at the Parade Ground in Dehradun.
• Eight Cabinet Ministers were also sworn in along with the Chief Minister.
• The 8 Cabinet Ministers include Premchand Aggarwal, Satpal Maharaj, Ganesh Joshi, Subodh Uniyal, Dhan Singh Rawat, Rekha Arya, Chandan Ram Das and Saurabh Bahuguna.
• The oath-taking ceremony of Uttarakhand CM was attended by all the Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states including Goa CM-designate Pramod Sawant, UP CM-designate Yogi Adityanath,  Rajasthan BJP leader Vasundhara Raje, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other BJP leaders.

Uttarakhand Election Results 2022:

• The Uttarakhand Assembly Polls 2022 were held in a single phase on February 14th.
• In the elections, the BJP won 47 seats in the 70-member state assembly
• The Congress won 19 seats, while BSP won 2 seats and two independents also won one seat each.
• However, the two key candidates - incumbent Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and former Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat were defeated in their respective constituencies.

About Pushkar Singh Dhami:

• Pushkar Singh Dhami was born in 1975 in Kanalichhina village in Pithoragarh district.
• He is the son of an ex-serviceman and holds a law degree.
• He initially worked as a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteer.
• He was also previously a member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student organization affiliated with RSS.
• Dhami also served as the president of BJP Yuva Morcha in Uttarakhand twice between 2002 and 2008.
• He is believed to be a protégé of Bhagat Singh Koshyari, the former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.