Tirath Singh Rawat takes oath as Uttarakhand Chief Minister 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tirath Singh Rawat took oath as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand in Dehradun on Wednesday. This comes a day after Trivendra Singh Rawat stepped down as the state's chief minister. 

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Tirath Singh Rawat took oath as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand in Dehradun on Wednesday. This comes a day after Trivendra Singh Rawat stepped down as the state's chief minister. Tirath Singh Rawat is the BJP's Lok Sabha MP from Pauri Garhwal. He was was chosen as the leader of the Uttarakhand BJP legislature party on Wednesday. This paved the way for his appointment as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand. Tirath Singh Rawat was sworn-in as the new chief minister of Uttarakhand by Governor Baby Rani Maurya at the Raj Bhawan in Dehradun.