Pushkar Singh Dhami is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was appointed as the 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand on 3 July 2021 and was sworn in on 4 July 2021.
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Pushkar Singh Dhami was born on Tuesday, 16 September 2021 (age 46 years; as in 2021) in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. His zodiac sign is Virgo. He completed LLB from Lucknow University, Lucknow and then completed his post graduation in Human Relations Management and Industrial Relations.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 10″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
family and caste
Pushkar Singh Dhami belongs to a Thakur family.
Guardian
Pushkar’s father’s name is Sher Singh Dhami. He was a retired army officer. His mother’s name is Vishnu Devi.
wife and children
Pushkar Singh Dhami married Geeta on 5 February 2011. Pushkar and Geeta have two sons.
Pushkar Singh Dhami with his wife Geeta Dhami
Pushkar Singh Dhami’s mother, wife and children are celebrating his victory.
livelihood
student politics
Pushkar Singh has been an active participant in politics since his college days. He started his political career in 1990 by joining the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the RSS. He has also served in various positions in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) for years.
Pushkar Singh Dhami during his time in the RSS
mainstream politics
In 2001, Pushkar Singh was serving as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Bhagat Singh Koshyari, who was completing his tenure as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was the vice-chairman of the urban monitoring committee in the state. In 2002, he became the first president of BJP’s Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in Uttarakhand and held the post for two terms, i.e. till 2008. In 2012, Pushkar Singh was appointed as the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Khatima tehsil. And in 2017, he was elected as MLA for the same tehsil. He was also the Vice President of BJP Uttarakhand. On 3 July 2021, he was appointed as the 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and took oath on 4 July 2021.
Pushkar Singh Dhami celebrates his appointment as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
In March 2022, he lost to Bhuvan Kapri of Congress by about 7,000 votes in Khatima constituency in the Uttarakhand Assembly elections. On 23 March 2022, he took oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand for the second time; His swearing-in ceremony was attended by many prominent BJP members including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Nitin Gadkari and Amit Shah. On 3 June 2022, Dhami retained the Champawat seat after winning the by-election by more than 55,000 votes. On 13 June 2022, he took oath as a member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in Dehradun.
Controversy
As the news of Pushkar Singh Dhami’s appointment as the 10th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand emerged, a tweet from 2015 resurfaced which was made by Dhami on 14 August 2015. This tweet contained a picture of the map of India. With neighboring countries and they were all painted saffron. There was also a picture of Bharat Mata in the middle of the picture and ‘Akhand Bharat’ was written on it and it was posted with the title ‘Akhand Bharat – The wish of every patriot’. Controversy arose after this tweet, some people tried to defend Dhami by supporting the tweet and its message, while on the other hand some people started criticizing the tweet and Dhami’s ideology. Former IAS officer Jawahar Sarkar posted a tweet on his Twitter account and opposed Dhami being made the CM. He further said that BJP should appoint Pushkar as Foreign Minister so that he can throw the country into the third world war with his ideology.
Shouldn’t BJP make this man the External Affairs Minister of India instead of making him the Chief Minister of a small state like Uttarakhand? Then, we could all be headed towards World War III! pic.twitter.com/7wkaDq5Y7u
– Jawahar Sircar (@jawharsircar) 4th July 2021
property and properties
movable property
- Bank Deposit: Rs. 13.45 lakh
- NSS, Postal Savings: Rs. 1.61 lakh
- LIC or other insurance policy: Rs. 15.09 lakh
- Jewellery: Rs. 3.36 lakh
- Other assets: Rs. 2.40 lakh
net worth
Pushkar Singh Dhami’s net worth is Rs. 49.15 lakh as per the affidavit submitted by him before the 2017 elections for the post of MLA.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Pushkar Singh Dhami was appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand and along with him eleven more ministers took oath as cabinet ministers. These eleven ministers were Harak Singh Rawat, Bishan Singh Chufal, Subodh Uniyal, Bansidhar Bhagat, Ganesh Joshi, Yatishwaranand, Rekha Arya, Dhan Singh Rawat, Satpal Maharaj, Yashpal Arya and Arvind Pandey.
BJP MLA Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as the next Chief Minister of Uttarakhand at a program at Raj Bhavan in Dehradun. pic.twitter.com/FFQcbU0gQ0
– ANI (@ANI) 4th July 2021
- The swearing-in ceremony was held at Raj Bhawan, Dehradun under the guidance of Governor Baby Rani Maurya.
Pushkar Singh Dhami taking oath with Governor Baby Rani Maurya
- On the occasion of Dhami being appointed as the Chief Minister, Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi congratulated him for taking oath in a tweet from his Twitter account.
Congratulations to Mr. @pushkardhami And all others who took oath today. Best wishes to this team for working towards the progress and prosperity of Uttarakhand.
-Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 4th July 2021
- Multiple sources have claimed that Pushkar Singh Dhami was appointed Chief Minister because of his links with Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh.
- In an interview given to a newspaper, a close friend of Pushkar Singh Dhami said that Dhami was aware of the final decision even before it became official. he adds-
Dhami was called to Delhi by the BJP leadership 4-5 days ago. President JP Nadda informed him about the party’s decision. He also met Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other party leaders on the same day.
- Former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Trivendra Singh Rawat came forward to wish good wishes to Pushkar Singh Dhami and said-
We are sure that under his leadership, Uttarakhand will achieve new heights of development in the times to come.”
- In March 2021, Tirath Singh Rawat was appointed as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, however, his tenure lasted only for four months due to some election complications. After his appointment, Rawat had six months to be elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly to serve as CM for the remaining time, but the Election Commission of India (ECI) decided to cancel the by-election because the Assembly His tenure was coming to an end in a short time. More than a year. This made Rawat ineligible for the post and he tendered his resignation on 2 July 2021.
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