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Bahuguna sworn in as Uttarakhand chief
minister
Tuesday March 13, 2012 09:05:55 PM,
IANS
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Dehradun: Vijay Bahuguna was Tuesday sworn in as chief minister of Uttarakhand at
an event clouded by strong dissent from a section of Congress
workers owing allegiance to party leader Harish Rawat.
He was the administered oath of office at a simple ceremony by
Governor Margret Alva.
The swearing in came amid demand by a section of Congress leaders
in Uttarakhand that union Minister of State for Parliamentary
Affairs Harish Rawat be given the top job.
Rawat, who is party MP from Hardwar, was in contention for chief
minister's post along with a few other leaders but lost out to
Bahuguna.
Bahuguna, 65, was chosen as leader of the Congress legislature
party (CLP) by party president Sonia Gandhi Monday evening.
Supporters of Rawat, including party MP Pradeep Tamta, came out in
the open to oppose the decision.
Tamta said there was an understanding that the CLP leader will be
chosen from among MLAs but an MP had been chosen for the post. He
said "injustice" had been again done to Rawat.
Tamta said Rawat was denied a chance to be chief minister when the
party came to office in 2002.
Congress sources said Rawat wrote to Congress president Sonia
Gandhi expressing his displeasure over not being made chief
minister of the hill state.
However, Congress spokesperson Raashid Alvi reaffirmed that a
decision had been taken and it was acceptable to all party
workers.
"The decision of the Congress high command is acceptable to all
the party workers," Alvi said.
Bahuguna had told reporters in Dehradun earlier that he will form
his cabinet over the next few days after consulting the party high
command.
The Congress had performed marginally better than Bharatiya Janata
Party in the assembly polls securing 32 of 70 seats. BJP had won
31 seats.
Congress secured support of three independents and the lone MLA of
Uttarkhand Kranti Dal (P). The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which
has three MLAs, has also decided to support the Congress in the
hill state.
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