NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tirath Singh Rawat sworn-in as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand on Wednesday. He took the oath at the Raj Bhavan today. It was administered by governor Baby Rani Maurya.
He replaced Trivendra Singh Rawat, who stepped down from the CM’s post on Tuesday after completing nearly 4 years in office. He was asked by the BJP to step down after a section of party MLAs objected to his style of functioning.

Tirath Singh had met governor Baby Rani Maurya to stake a claim to form the government in the state.
PM Modi also congratulated Tirath Singh Rawat on Twitter. He said the state will continue to progress under Rawat’s leadership.

Here’s all you need to know about the new chief minister of Uttarakhand, Tirath Singh Rawat.
Tirath Singh Rawat is the Lok Sabha MP from the Garhwal constituency.
Born on 9 April 1964, Tirath hails from Pauri district of Uttarakhand.

The 56-year-old leader has done post-graduation in Sociology from Birla College, Srinagar, Garhwal in Uttarakhand and also holds a PG diploma in the field of journalism.
His wife is a college lecturer by profession.
After the formation of Uttarakhand as a separate state, he became the first Education Minister of the hill state in 2000 under the BJP dispensation.
He was the BJP chief in Uttarakhand from 2013 to 2015.

He comes from a staunch Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) background. He served as a full-time RSS worker for a period of five years.
Rawat joined the Sangh’s student organisation, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during his student days.
Rawat has served as the Student Union President of Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University.
He was also the ABVP’s state organisation Minister in Uttarakhand and later also held the post of ABVP’s national organisation minister.
From 1983 to 1988, he took up the responsibility of being a full-time RSS worker.
After successfully discharging the responsibilities associated with the Sangh, he got an opportunity to enter mainstream politics with the BJP.
Rawat became the BJP’s Uttarakhand state General Secretary in 2007. He also served as the Chairman of the Uttarakhand Natural Disaster Management Advisory Committee.
In 2012, he became an MLA from Chaubattakhal Assembly constituency in Uttarakhand.
At the same time, the BJP’s national leadership made him the state president of the Uttarakhand BJP in 2013 due to his expertise in building the organisation.
He was the state President of Uttarakhand BJP on 31 December, 2015.
Union home minister Amit Shah appointed him as BJP’s National Secretary in 2017 during his tenure as the party’s National President.
The saffron party had fielded him from the Garhwal constituency during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and he won the election by a margin of more than 2.85 lakh votes.
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.
(With inputs from agencies)