Pushkar Singh Dhami will take oath as Uttarakhand Chief Minister on Sunday

The voting for 53 seats in Uttar Pradesh Zila Panchayat elections for the post of chairpersons or chiefs will begin on Saturday (July 3).

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New Delhi: The Uttarakhand BJP legislature party is set to start at 3 pm to elect its new leader, who will be later sworn in as the next Uttarakhand Chief Minister where assembly elections are due early in 2022. The development comes after Tirath Singh Rawat tendered is resignation as chief minister on Friday (July 2).

Tirath Singh Rawat had replaced Trivendra Singh Rawat on March 10 after he was asked by the party to step down.

The voting for Uttar Pradesh Zila Panchayat elections for the post of chairpersons or chiefs will begin on Saturday (July 3).  Out of the total 75 posts of Zila Panchayat chairpersons or chiefs, only 53 seats will go to the polls. The BJP has already won 21 seats, wherein its candidates were elected unopposed. One seat has been bagged by the candidate of Samajwadi Party who was also elected unopposed. The counting of votes will also take place today at 3 pm. 

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Party leader L Murugan says, "We discussed TN state-related schemes with the PM during our meeting today." pic.twitter.com/cgzLKFSw7i

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CM Rawat yesterday tendered his resignation to Uttarakhand Governor Baby Rani Maurya pic.twitter.com/DkGKE1sLkJ

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