
Dehradun (Uttarakhand): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday took oath as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and other BJP leaders including Yogi Adityanath and Pramod Sawant also attend the swearing-in ceremony in Dehradun.
Dhami will take over the reins of the state for the second time in a row. Dhami, who lost from the Khatima constituency in the Uttarakhand, led the party's poll effort as Chief Minister during the assembly polls held last month. The results were announced on March 10 and there was speculation if he will be chief minister for a second time.