Dehradun: Sounds of differences of opinion against Uttarakhand The head of the Minister of Pushkar Singh Dhami, who was first noticed on Saturday night immediately after his anointing, became harder on Sunday morning.
Nearely hours before the oath taking ceremony – scheduled at 5 pm today in Raj Bhawan – Senior BJP leaders who spent most of the morning they tried to calm several ministers and MLA, who didn’t seem too happy with the choice of Dhami 45 years for that post over.
Dhami, twice MLA from Khatima in the District of Udham Singh Nagar, has no previous experience even becoming a minister and is now set to become the youngest minister of the youngest state.
The source said that senior ministers such as Maharaj Satpal, Yashpal Arya, Bishhan Singh Chuphal, Subodh Uniyal and Harak Singh were very angry and there was a strong possibility of their oath taking ceremony.
Resources told Ti that a very senior union minister also called some of these leaders to calm them down.
But leaders still insist on their stands while missing the ceremony.
It has been studied that several ministers and legislators who are not satisfied hold a long meeting at the Maharaj Satpal residence to write their strategy.
Most dissatisfied ministers were those who left the Congress and joined BJP in 2016.
Dhami appointed CM also took the task of calming leaders and visited the Maharaj Satpal residence in the Dalanwala area on Sunday afternoon and held a short meeting with him.
Before this, he met Previously CMS Trivendra and Tirath Rawat.
The source said that the image would be clearer during the oath taking ceremony.
“If the party manages to convince unsatisfied leaders, they may agree to take part in oath taking but if they do not, it means further political developments in attacks in the Himalayan state,” the source said.
Uttarakhand: Sounds of differences of opinion against Dhami grow harder; BJP in damage control mode
