Today in our “Know the Unknown Segment”, we bring you the unknown facts about the top trending Uttarakhand’s New Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
~Pushkar Singh Dhami is the youngest Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, and the third in the past four months.
~Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. Dhami is the third appointment to the office within four months, less than a year before the state goes to the election.
~At 45 years old, Pushkar Singh Dhami is the youngest Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. The title earlier was held by Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank who assumed office at the age of 49 years.
~Dhami is a qualified lawyer and holds an LLB degree from Lucknow University. According to his self-declared affidavit filed during the 2012 Uttarakhand assembly elections.
~Dhami had listed his profession to be that of a farmer, which he changed to advocate in his 2017 affidavit.
~A popular name in the state’s student politics, Dhami has been long associated with BJP’s youth wing in Uttarakhand. He started participating into youth politics in 1990.
~Dhami was a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), till 1999.
~Dhami currently is the MLA from the Khatima constituency in Udham Nagar. This is his second consecutive term from the seat.
~Dhami’s current tenure as Uttarakhand CM will be a short one as the state is slated to go to the polls in 2022. Hopefully, he doesn’t have to face the curse of short stints that BJP CMs had to suffer in the hilly state.
