New Delhi, June 24: The Uttarakhand BJP legislative party has chosen state Health Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank as state’s next Chief Minister. Considered to be close to BC Khanduri, Nishank is a strong leader from Garhwal and is known to be close to the RSS.
The decision was taken at a crucial meeting of Uttarakhand BJP MLAs in the national capital on Wednesday. Senior party leaders M Venkaiah Naidu and Thawar Chand Gehlot also attended the meeting as central observers besides dissident leader B S Koshiyari and state unit president Bachchi Singh Rawat.
–Agencies