Pokhriyal will be Uttarakhand CM India Blooms News Service
Uttarakhand, June 24 (IBNS) Uttarakhand Health Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal will be stepping in as the new Chief Minister in place of BC Khanduri, who resigned from the post Tuesday.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Khanduri resigned as the Uttarakhand Chief Minister due to intra-party conflicts, according to media reports.
The 51-year-old journalist-turned-politician Pokhriyal was elected unanimously leader of the BJP legislature party at the meeting of MLAs in New Delhi, state Agriculture Minister Trivendra Rawat said.
Khanduri will submit his resignation to Governor B L Joshi Thursday after which Pokhriyal and his new team will be sworn in.