Pushkar Singh Dhami was today chosen by the Uttarakhand BJP legislature party to be the 11th Chief Minister of the state. At 45 Dhami is the youngest CM of the state. The change of guard came a day after Tirat Singh Rawat resigned from the post of the CM.
After his name was announced as the CM, he reoptedly said, that he will accept all the challenges as the CM and will take the support of everyone. The name of Dhami, considered close to Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was declared, reportedly, after the Uttarakhand BJP MLAs met at the party headquarters in the state capital Dehradun.