Dehradun, Dec 26 (PTI) The BJP’s gamble in Uttarakhand on Pushkar Singh Dhami worked. Just months before the assembly polls, the party installed him as the chief minister, replacing Tirath Singh Rawat. And in February, the BJP won a second successive term in the state known for booting out the party in power in every time.
Dhami, however, lost his own Khatima seat and had to wait for a bypoll to confirm his appointment as CM.
Politics aside, 2022 was a year of disasters — a road accident that killed 33, an avalanche that took at least 27 lives and a helicopter crash on the Kedarnath pilgrimage route. The government also faced the heat over past recruitment scams, concerns over ecology resurfaced, and the murder of a hotel receptionist brought people out on to the streets.
