Tirath Singh Rawat

Tirath Singh Rawat
Party Chief of Uttarakhand BJP Unit
In office
9 February 2013 – 31 December 2015
Preceded by Bishan Singh Chufal
Succeeded by Ajay Bhatt
Personal details
Born (1964-04-09) 9 April 1964
Sinro, Patti Ashwalsiu, Pauri Garhwal district, India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Dr. Rashmi Tyagi Rawat
Occupation National Secretary
Website Official website

Tirath Singh Rawat (Hindi: तीरथ सिंह रावत; Born 9 April 1964) is an Indian politician belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party.

He was party chief of Bharatiya Janata Party Uttarakhand from 9 February 2013 to 31 December 2015 and former member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from Chaubttakhal constituency from 2012 to 2017.

Currently he is BJP national secretary. Tirath Singh Rawat represents Chaubttakhal for Uttarakhand assembly.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Early life

He was born in village sinro of Pauri Garhwal district, India. His father was Kalam Singh Rawat, and mother Gaura Devi.

Political career

He was the state vice president of Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha.

In 1997, he was elected as member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council and was elected as president of the legislative council of Uttar Pradesh.

He was the first education minister of newly formed state Uttarakhand.

After this he was elected as state general secretary of Uttarakhand in 2007 and after that state chief electoral officer and state membership chief.

In 2012, he was elected as legislative assembly member (MLA) and in 2013 he became Uttarakhand BJP Chief.

As Uttarakhand BJP President he won four mayoral posts in municipal corporations out of six as weel as Bharatiya Janata Party wins all five seats in Uttarakhand. Uttarakhand was in second position in terms of voting percent throughout India.

References

  1. ↑ "Tirath Singh Rawat was nominated as Uttarakhand BJP chief". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  2. ↑ "Tirath Singh Rawat to head Uttarakhand BJP". The Hindu. 2013-02-11. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  3. ↑ "Teerath Singh Rawat Biography - About family, political life, awards won, history". Elections.in. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  4. ↑ "Teerath Singh Rawat(Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP)):Constituency- CHAUBATAKHAL(PAURIGARHWAL) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". Myneta.info. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  5. ↑ "Bharatiya Janata Party (Uttarakhand)". Tirath Singh Rawat. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  6. ↑ "Tirath Singh Rawat News: Latest News and Updates on Tirath Singh Rawat at News18". News18.com. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  7. ↑ "Tirath Singh Rawat". Facebook. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  8. ↑ "BJP wins big in Uttarakhand civic polls". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2013-05-02. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  9. ↑ "BJP wins all five seats in Uttarakhand". The Hindu. 2014-05-16. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  10. ↑ "Uttarakhand Elections 2017: Tirath Singh appointed BJP's national secretary". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2017-02-05. Retrieved 2017-05-02.
  11. ↑ "National Office Bearers". Bharatiya Janata Party. 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2017-05-01.
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