Summary:
Dehradun, Mar 23 (PTI) Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday took oath as the Uttarakhand chief minister during a ceremony held at Parade Ground here in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Apart from Dhami, eight ministers were also administered the oath by Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh.
This is 46-year-old Dhami"s second consecutive stint as the chief minister.
Speculation over the CM"s post in Uttarakhand had ended on Monday, when the BJP declared that the former Khatima MLA will lead the state government.
Dhami, under whose leadership the party had won the just-concluded Assembly polls, had lost the elections from Khatima, the constituency he had been representing since 2012.
Dhami needs to be elected to the state Assembly within six months to continue as chief minister.