Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Tirath Singh Rawat for taking oath as the chief minister of Uttarakhand and said under his leadership, the state will continue to scale new heights of progress.
"Congratulations to Shri @TIRATHSRAWAT on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He brings with him vast administrative and organisational experience. I am confident under his leadership the state will continue to scale new heights of progress" PM Modi tweeted.
Rawat, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha MP from Garhwal took oath as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand. He replaces Trivendra Singh Rawat who had stepped down from the post on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Tirath Singh had met Governor Baby Rani Maurya to stake a claim to form the government in the state.
The 56-year-old was elected as leader of the BJP legislature, party paving way for him to take over as the state chief minister.
In the early days of his political career, he was part of the Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the BJP's youth wing, where he served as the state vice-president for some time before being elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council in 1997.
{{/usCountry}}In the early days of his political career, he was part of the Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha, the BJP's youth wing, where he served as the state vice-president for some time before being elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council in 1997.
{{/usCountry}}He was the first education minister of Uttarakhand in 2000. He was elected first as BJP's Uttarakhand general secretary in 2007 and later as the party's state unit chief in 2013.
He was the BJP chief in Uttarakhand from 2013 to 2015. In 2019, Tirath Singh became an MP from the Garhwal Lok Sabha seat.
The BJP had swept the elections in 2017, winning 57 seats in the 70-member Uttarakhand Assembly. Congress, on the other hand, were able to win just 11 seats.