Trivendra Singh Rawat front runner for Uttarakhand CM post

March 17, 2017 08:38

Trivendra Singh Rawat, a leader with RSS background, has emerged as the front-runner in the race for the coveted chief ministers post in Uttarakhand.

He is likely to be elected the leader of the BJP legislature party in the hill state on Friday. The swearing-in ceremony will take place in Dehradun on Saturday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah.

BJP MLAs in Uttar Pradesh will also meet on Saturday to elect their leader and who will take over as the chief minister. Union minister M Venakaih Naidu and BJP general secretary Bhupendra Yadav will attend the legislature party meeting in Lucknow to brief the MLAs of Delhis choice. State BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya,

Union minister Rajnath Singh, and Manoj Sinha are in contention. The date for the swearing-in of the chief minister of the countrys most populous state has not been decided yet.

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