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Pushkar Singh Dhami Wins Champawat bypolls, To Remain Uttarakhand CM

Mumbai: BJP leader Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday won the Champawat by-polls by over 55,000 votes and he will now continue to remain the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

He defeated Congress’ Nirmala Gahotri, SP candidate Manoj Kumar and independent candidate Himanshu Garkoti.

Dhami took to Twitter to thank people for helping Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win the bypoll.

https://twitter.com/pushkardhami/status/1532583070154358784?s=20&t=XJ6s29f_LyJgwVf63jHu_g

Dhami had to contest a by-election from the seat to become a member of the state assembly, a constitutional requirement that he had to fulfil within six months of taking oath as chief minister.

He had lost from Khatima in the state assembly elections held in February. Visuals from Champawat show party workers celebrating Dhami’s victory.

https://twitter.com/ANINewsUP/status/1532586466571743232?s=20&t=OEVpCbDBjnXu7guHY6XD_A

PM Modi also took to Twitter to congratulate Dhami on his win.

https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1532593923197063169?s=20&t=OEVpCbDBjnXu7guHY6XD_A

The result of the by-election was to decide the fate of Pushkar Singh Dhami as the CM of the state. Despite playing a key role in winning the recently concluded state assembly elections in February this year, Dhami had lost to Khatima, from where he had won twice before 2012. Yet he was appointed as the Chief Minister.

To remain CM, Dhami had to win an assembly seat, making the Champawat election crucial.

On Tuesday, Dhami expressed confidence of winning the bypoll, saying the district would “make history” with 100 per cent turnout.

In the state Assembly polls, the sitting CM had lost the Khatima seat to Congress’s Bhuwan Chandra Kapri by a difference of 6,579 votes. To let Dhami contest in the bypoll, Kailash Gehtori, BJP MLA from Champawat seat had resigned.

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