Will Turn Challenge Of 2022 Assembly Polls Into Opportunity: Pushkar Singh Dhami

Pushkar Singh Dhami, who will be sworn in tomorrow, takes over at a time when the state is going to the polls early next year.

Pushkar Singh Dhami, who is all set to become the next chief minister of Uttarakhand, Saturday said he will turn the challenge of 2022 Assembly polls into an opportunity. "Yes, of course, it is a challenge but we will turn it into an opportunity," he told reporters soon after meeting Governor Baby Rani Maurya to inform her about his election as the leader of the BJP's legislature party. Mr Dhami, who will be sworn in tomorrow, takes over at a time when the state is going to the polls early next year. He thanked the party's central leadership, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda for choosing a common party worker like him for the top job and said that his party is the first in the country to do something like this.