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Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand
Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand or BJP Uttarakhand is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttarakhand. Mahendra Bhatt is the current president of BJP Uttarakhand. Electoral History Legislative Assembly election Lok Sabha election Leadership Chief Minister President See also * Bharatiya Janata Party, Gujarat * Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh * Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh * State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party * Bharatiya Janata Party * National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party * State units of the Bharatiya Janata Party * Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee * Uttarakhand Kranti Dal References External links Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand official website {{India topics Bharatiya Janata Party Political parties in Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushkar Singh Dhami
Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 16 September 1975) is an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, serving as the 10th and the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He was elected as MLA in Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha from Khatima in 2012 and 2017. He was appointed Chief Minister for the first time in 2021. He lost his seat in 2022 elections, but was re-elected as Chief Minister by BJP MLAs. He is the only Chief Minister of the state to assume a second consecutive term as CM ,since its creation. On 3 June 2022 he successfully won the Champawat Assembly bypoll. Personal life and career Pushkar Singh Dhami was born in a Kumaoni Hindu Rajput family at Tundi village of Pithoragarh district. His ancestral village is Harkhola, Pithoragarh. His family moved to Tundi village where he studied until 5th standard after that they moved to Nagla Tarai Bhabar, Khatima. His father was in the army and retired as a Subedar. He graduated from Lucknow University in Human Resource ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 Indian general election, 2019 elections. Around 23.1 million or 2.7% of the total eligible voters were aged 18–19 years. A total of 8,251 candidates contested the 543 elected Lok Sabha seats. The average election turnout over all nine phases was around 66.40%, the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections. The results were declared on 16 May, 15 days before the 15th Lok Sabha completed its constitutional mandate on 31 May 2014. The counting exercise was held at 989 counting centres. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received 31% of the vote and won 282 seats, while its National Democratic Alliance won a total of 336 seats. The BJP's vote share was the lowest by a party winning a majority of seats since independence, However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thalisain (Uttarakhand Assembly Constituency)
Thalisain Legislative Assembly constituency was one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It was abolished in 2012 following the delimitation. Thalisain Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency) Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. This constituency came into existence in 1957, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises five districts namely .... Members of Legislative Assembly Election results Assembly Election 2007 Assembly Election 2002 References Former assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand 2002 establishments in Uttarakhand Constituencies established in 2002 Pauri Garhwal district Politics of Uttarakhand Constituencies disestablished in 2012 2012 disestablishments in India {{India-constituency-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramesh Pokhriyal
Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank" (born 15 July 1959), is an Indian politician who was appointed on 31 May 2019 to serve as Minister of Human Resource Development and as of July 2020, following the ministry's name change, his title was changed to Minister of Education. He represents the Haridwar Parliamentary constituency of Uttarakhand in the 17th Lok Sabha. He was the 5th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2009 to 2011. He was member of the 16th Lok Sabha and chairperson, Committee on Government Assurances. Personal life Pokhriyal was born in Pinani village, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand to Paramanand Pokhriyal and Vishambhari Devi. He received an M.A. degree from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University. Pokhriyal married Kusum Kanta Pokhriyal on 7 May 1985, with whom he has three daughters. One of their daughters, Aarushi Nishank is a classical dancer. His wife died on 11 November 2012 in Dehradun at the age of 50. Political career Pokhriyal started his career as a teacher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2nd Uttarakhand Assembly
The 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election were the second Vidhan Sabha ( Legislative Assembly) election of the state. The elections were held on 21 February 2007, when the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest party with 35 seats in the 70-seat legislature. One seat short of forming a majority, the BJP have had to rely on support from the Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and three Independents to form the government. The Indian National Congress became the official opposition, holding 21 seats. Party position in the Assembly Key post holders in the Assembly * Speaker : Harbans Kapoor * Deputy Speaker : Vijaya Barthwal (2008–2009) * Leader of the House: Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2007–2009) Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nihsank' (2009–2011)Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (2011–2012) * Leader of the Opposition : Harak Singh Rawat * Chief Secretary : Mahesh Chandra List of the Second Assembly members By-elections See also * 2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhumakot (Uttarakhand Assembly Constituency)
Dhumakot Legislative Assembly constituency was one of the seventy electoral Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand state in India. It was abolished in 2012 following the delimitation. Dhumakot Legislative Assembly constituency was a part of Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency) Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the five Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Uttarakhand. This constituency came into existence in 1957, following the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies. It comprises five districts namel .... Members of Legislative Assembly References {{Assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand Former assembly constituencies of Uttarakhand 2002 establishments in Uttarakhand Constituencies established in 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri
Major General Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri (Retd.), AVSM, (born 1 October 1934) is an Indian politician. He was Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2007 to 2009 and 2011 to 2012. He was a Member of Parliament in the 16th Lok Sabha representing the Garhwal parliamentary constituency of Uttarakhand and is a senior member of the Bharatiya Janta Party. Earlier, he was a cabinet minister, Ministry of Surface Transport of the government headed by the former Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Family and personal life Khanduri was born at Dehradun in 1934. His parents were Jai Ballabh Khanduri (father), a journalist, and Durga Devi Khanduri (mother), a social activist. Khanduri is married to Aruna Khanduri (''née'' Nailwal). He has a son Manish Khanduri and daughter Ritu Khanduri. Educational profile Khanduri is B.Sc., B.E. and M.I.E. (India). He is also a post-graduate in defence management. He studied at College of Military Engineering, Pune, Allahabad University, Institute o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chief Minister Of Uttarakhand, Major General (Retd
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun '' thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 17 June 1942) is an Indian politician serving as the 22nd and current Governor of Maharashtra from 5 September 2019. An RSS veteran, Koshyari served as National Vice-President of BJP and party's 1st State president for Uttarakhand. He also served as 2nd Chief Minister of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal) from 2001 to 2002 and thereafter, was the leader of the opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2003. He also served as an MLC in Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council (when Uttarakhand was part of undivided Uttar Pradesh) and MLA in Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. He later served as an MP in Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014 from Uttarakhand and then the MP in the 16th Lok Sabha from Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar constituency, earning him the distinction of being elected in both houses of State Legislature and both houses of National Parliament respectively. Personal and professional life Bhagat Singh Koshyari was born on 17 June ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interim Uttarakhand Assembly
The Interim Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly also known as Antarim Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha was a unicameral governing and law making body of the newly formed Indian state of Uttarakhand (then ''Uttaranchal''). As a Provisional Legislative Assembly it came into existence with the formation of the State of Uttarakhand at 9 November 2000 which was later succeeded by the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly with the first assembly election that took place on February 14th, 2002. It was at that time consisted with total 30 Members including 22 Members of the Legislative Assembly and 8 Members of the Legislative Council from the Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh, off which then Uttarakhand was formed out. Party position in the Assembly Key post holders in the Assembly * Speaker : Prakash Pant * Deputy Speaker : ''Vacant'' * Leader of the House: Nityanand Swami (2000–2001)Bhagat Singh Koshyari (2001–2002) * Leader of the Opposition : ''Vacant'' * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nityanand Swami (politician)
Nityanand Swami (born Nityanand Sharma, 27 December 1927 – 12 December 2012) was the chief minister of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, named Uttaranchal during his administration. He was the first chief minister of the state, serving from 9 November 2000 to 29 October 2001. Early life and education Swami was born in Narnaul, Haryana and spent almost all his life in Dehradun where his father served in Forest Research Institute. He entered the Freedom Struggle at an early age, under the umbrella of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, and contributed in the local resistances at Dehradun. Swami, as he was known among his friends was not only an intellectual but also a debater and spokesman. He was declared all round student of Dayanand Anglo-Vedic College, Dehradun in year 1949-52. In the 1950s and 1960s he was a worker of Bharatiya Jan Sangh and president of various trade unions; he preferred the non violent hunger strike ''Satyagraha'' in contrast to violent strikes of ''Bandh''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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