Trivendra Singh Rawat said that a man needs to outpace the virus to stay safe.
Tirath's name was finalised in the meeting of the Uttarakhand BJP's legislature party held in Dehradun on March 10 to decide the successor of Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned as the chief minister after days of speculation about a leadership change
The BJP legislature party will pick its new leader on Wednesday, and Rawat's replacement is set to be a choice of its central leadership which had earlier elicited views of its state MLAs by sending its vice president Raman Singh and general secretary Dushyant Kumar Gautam there.
There have been reports that a section of the BJP leaders from Uttarakhand were not happy with Rawat’s leadership. They believed that he may not be able to lead the party to success in the elections due in February 2022.
Only one in the eight CMs have completed a five-year term in the state’s two-decade-long existence
Rawat, who would have completed four years in office next week, was summoned by BJP's top brass to New Delhi on March 8, two days after an unscheduled core committee meeting of party's state unit fuelled speculations about a possible change in guard.
Rawat, who will complete four years in office on March 18, was summoned to New Delhi two days after an unscheduled core committee meeting of the state unit of BJP fueled speculations about a possible change in guard.
Though BJP leaders have downplayed the hurriedly-conveyed meeting asserting that Rawat’s government will complete its five-year term, the Congress took a dig at the ‘political crisis’.
Rupani has also instructed Gujarat chief secretary Anil Mukim to contact the Uttarakhand administration and take immediate action in this regard.
A glacier broke off at Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, leading to a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and causing large-scale devastation in the upper reaches of the ecologically fragile Himalayas.
She will administer from Gairsain, the summer capital of the state, and will review various schemes run by the state government.
The chief minister will remain in home isolation in Delhi for some time, his physician N S Bisht said.
As he had developed mild fever, he was taken for a check-up on Sunday evening to the GDMC where doctors decided to admit him, the official at the Chief Minister’s Office said.
The high court verdict came on two separate petitions filed by two journalists – Umesh Sharma and Shiv Prasad Semwal — seeking quashing of FIR lodged against them in July this year under various provisions of the IPC.
Submitting the panel's interim report to the government at a meeting convened by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat here on Monday, its head Indu Kumar Pandey said long, short and medium term planning is needed to offset the impact of the lockdown on the state's economy, especially tourism.
As inter-district movement of people is being allowed with certain restrictions from May 4 especially in districts which fall in the green zone, pilgrims from the state can visit Kedarnath, Rawat said.
Other important baths will take place on the occasion of Makar Sankranti on January 14, February 11 (Mauni Amavasya), February 16 (Basant Panchami), February 27 (Magh Purnima), April 13 (Nav Samvatsar) and April 21 (Ram Navami).
"It is a historic step by the Centre. We have issued instructions to implement it in Uttarakhand also," Rawat told reporters here.
Thanking the prime minister for the "historic" move, Rawat said it is a step forward in realising the goal of "sabka saath, sabka vikas" (development for all).
They jointly led a delegation of 'Invest North' and met separately Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishna, Education Minister Ong Ye Kung and Communications and Information Minister S Iswaran.
The two-day 'Destination Uttarakhand: Investors Summit 2018' will be held in Dehradun from October 7.
Reiterating his government's commitment to cow conservation, Rawat said Uttarakhand is the first state where special police squads have been raised.
Rail link and all-weather roads to chardham, the four Himalayan shrines located in Uttarakhand, are the BJP's pet projects in the hill state, where migration of labourers has been an issue.
Also 11 cubs were found in the two tiger reserves, he had said yesterday releasing the latest figures for the year 2016 -17.