Dhan Singh Rawat | |
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Minister of Higher Education, Govt of Uttarakhand | |
Assumed office 18 March 2017 | |
Chief Minister | Trivendra Singh Rawat Tirath Singh Rawat Pushkar Singh Dhami |
Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 11 March 2017 | |
Preceded by | Ganesh Godiyal |
Constituency | Srinagar |
Personal details | |
Born | Paithani,Uttarakhand,India | 7 October 1972
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | Deepa Rawat |
Residence | Dehradun |
Dhan Singh Rawat (born 7 October 1972) is a Cabinet Minister [1] [2] [3] of Uttarakhand and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand,representing the constituency of Srinagar Garhwal. [4] [5] [6]
Dhan Singh Rawat was born in a hamlet in Pauri Garhwal and educated at the village school. He earned master's and doctoral degrees from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in History. [7]
A party secretary for the BJP in Uttarakhand, [8] he failed to gain election to the state legislature in 2012 in the constituency of Srinagar Garhwal; [7] he entered the legislature in 2017 [9] and has since served as a Cabinet Minister with responsibility for health,higher education, [10] cooperatives,disaster management,dairy development and protocols. [11]
Dhan Singh Rawat has landed into controversy after he purportedly said in a viral video that the government was thinking of "using an app to control the intensity of rainfall". As an aftermath,a lot of statements came to light accusing Dhan Singh Rawat of forging his doctorate. The statement is believed to have been made at a recent media interaction which detailed steps taken by the government to tackle rain-related damage. [12]
To which former chief minister and Congress veteran Harish Rawat took a jibe saying,“Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Dhami should propose his cabinet minister's name for Bharat Ratna.” [13]
Gairsain is a town in Chamoli district of the Indian state of Uttarakhand near state's summer capital Bhararisain. A town and Nagar Panchayat,Gairsain is situated at the eastern edge of the vast Dudhatoli mountain range,and is located in Chamoli district almost at the centre of the state,at a distance of approximately 250 kilometres from Dehradun. It is easily accessible from both the Garhwal and the Kumaon divisions,and in a way,acts as the bridge between the two regions. It is being considered as the future Permanent capital of Uttarakhand.
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