US EditionUttarakhand Cabinet Reaches Full Strength with New Ministers
Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami filled five vacant cabinet posts, restoring the constitutional maximum of 12 ministers during the Navratri period, officials said.
- On Friday, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expanded his cabinet by inducting five BJP MLAs at Lok Bhavan in Dehradun, bringing the council to its constitutional maximum of 12 members.
- The expansion addressed vacancies created after Social Welfare and Transport Minister Chandan Ramdas died in April 2023 and Parliamentary Affairs and Finance Minister Prem Chand Agarwal resigned last year.
- Governor Gurmeet Singh administered the oath to Khajan Das, Madan Kaushik, Pradeep Batra, Bharat Chaudhary and Ram Singh Kaida, representing Dehradun, Haridwar, Roorkee, Rudraprayag and Nainital respectively.
- Sources told ANI that more than two dozen party leaders are likely to be appointed as "Daitvadhari" following internal discussions with national leadership.
- Chief Minister Dhami and State BJP President Mahendra Bhatt had recently signalled the reshuffle, and timing the expansion during Chaitra Navratri and Vikram Samvat 2083 added ceremonial significance.
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Uttarakhand Cabinet Reaches Full Strength with New Ministers
Uttarakhand Cabinet Reaches Full Strength with New Ministers In a significant political development, five MLAs have been sworn in as ministers in Uttarakhand, expanding the cabinet to its full capacity. Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami administered the oath of office at Lok Bhavan, bringing new faces into key ministerial roles.The newly inducted ministers, Khazan Das, Bharat Singh Chaudhary, Madan Kaushik, Pradeep Batra, and Ram Singh Kaida, n…
CM Pushkar Singh Dhami expands Cabinet; Madan Kaushik, Pradip Batra, Khajan Dass among 5 inducted
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami expanded his Cabinet on Friday. The swearing-in ceremony for the new ministers was held at the Lok Bhavan. Madan Kaushik (Haridwar), Khajan Dass (Rajpur Road), Bharat Singh Chaudhary (Rudraprayag), Ram Singh Kaira (Bhimtal), and Pradip Batra (Roorkee) took an oath as the new Uttarakhand Cabinet ministers. Who are the newly inducted Uttarakhand ministers? In the 2022 Uttarakhand Assembly elections,…
Five New Ministers Likely to Take Oath in Uttarakhand Cabinet Expansion Today in Dehradun
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The swearing-in ceremony will be held in the presence of the Chief Minister. Uttarakhand Governor Gurmeet Singh will administer the oath of office to five new ministers. India News | Five New Ministers Likely to Take Oath in Uttarakhand Cabinet Expansion Today in Dehradun.
Uttarakhand CM Dhami's cabinet expansion likely during Chaitra Navratri
With the commencement of Chaitra Navratri and the New Vikram Samvat on Thursday, discussions have intensified in Uttarakhand from the government to the BJP organisation regarding a possible expansion of the Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's cabinet during this auspicious period. At present, five ministerial positions remain vacant in the cabinet.
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