Pushkar Singh Dhami takes oath as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for second time

Saurabh Bahuguna takes oath as Cabinet minister 

Chandan Ram Das takes oath as one of Dhami's minister Cabinet minister. He was earlier with Congress.

Only woman in Dhami's Cabinet, Rekha Arya, takes oath as minister 

Subodh Uniyal takes oath as one of Dhami's minister Cabinet minister 

Dr Dhan Singh Rawat takes oath as Uttarakhand minister

Ganesh Joshi takes oath as one of Dhami's minister

Premchand Aggarwal takes oath as Cabinet minister in Sanskrit.

Senior Satpal Maharaj takes oath as Cabinet minister.   

BJP's Pushkar Singh Dhami takes oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, in Dehradun for the second consecutive term.

PM Modi reaches Parade Ground to attend oath-taking ceremony

Uttarakhand Governor Gurmeet Singh reaches Parade Ground

Firebrand BJP leader and UP's caretaker CM Yogi Adityanath has reached the Parade Ground. Adityanath is slated to take oath as the CM of the country's most populous state on March 25. 

Seven ministers are likely to take oath today. They are: Ritu Khanduri, Satpal Maharaj, Dhan Singh Rawat, Ganesh Joshi, Rekha Arya, Premchand Aggarwal, Saurabh Bahuguna

Pushkar Singh Dhami served as the president of BJP Yuva Morcha in Uttarakhand twice between 2002 and 2008. He is believed to be a protege of former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Dhami will be the 13th Chief Minister of the hill state. He belongs to the Kumaun region. The last two chief ministers before him, Trivendra Singh Rawat, and Tirath Singh Rawat were from the Garhwal region.

Pushkar Singh Dhami lost polls from Khatima seat, a seat he had been winning since 2012. He lost to Congress' Bhuwan Chandra Kapri by a margin of 6,579 votes. 

Pushkar Singh Dhami assumed the CM's office on July 4 last year, succeeding Tirath Singh Rawat. The BJP contested the Assembly elections under Dhami's leadership and secured a comfortable majority in the 70-member House, winning 47 seats.

The BJP contested the Assembly elections in Uttarakhand under the leadership of Pushkar Singh Dhami and secured a comfortable majority in the 70-member House, winning 47 seats.

Dhami thanked the people for believing in the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He also expressed his gratitude to the BJP's central leadership for reposing faith in an "ordinary party worker" like him once again. "I thank the people for believing in the prime minister's vision and giving the BJP a big victory. I also thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the home minister, party president J P Nadda and Rajnath Singh, who was the party's central observer for Uttarakhand, for showing confidence in an ordinary worker and the son of a soldier like me," Dhami told reporters.

Pushkar Singh Dhami, who will be sworn as Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Wednesday, has said that he will provide a transparent government and fulfil the BJP's all pre-poll commitments, including bringing a uniform civil code. FULL STORY 

The Parade Ground in Dehradun is being spruced up for the grand swearing-in ceremony that corresponds to the party's consecutive win in Uttarakhand.

Pushkar Singh Dhami offered prayers at the Tapkeshwar Mahadev temple on Wednesday morning hours ahead of being sworn-in as the 12th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. 

Pushkar Singh Dhami will be sworn-in as Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Wednesday at a grand ceremony to be held at the Parade Ground here in the presence of BJP top brass, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.