Tirath Singh Rawat is set to be the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand after the resignation on Tuesday of Trivendra Singh Rawat.
His name was announced by outgoing chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat after the legislature party meeting, which lasted around 30 minutes.
Rawat is a BJP MP and was the party chief in Uttarakhand in 2013-15 and also an MLA from the state in the past.
Tirath Singh Rawat was the first education minister of the newly formed state Uttarakhand. After this, he was elected as state general secretary of Uttarakhand in 2007 and after that state chief electoral officer and state membership chief.
In 2012, he was elected as legislative assembly member (MLA) and in 2013 he became Uttarakhand BJP Chief.
This comes a day after Trivendra Rawat resigned as the chief minister.
Surjitt Sahani
