Tirath Singh Rawat is an Indian politician who became the 9th CM of Uttarakhand in March 2021. He was also a member of Lok Sabha from Garhwal district of Uttarakhand.
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Tirath Singh Rawat was born on Thursday, April 9, 1964 (age 59; as of 2023) in the village of Sinro, located in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. His zodiac sign is Aries. He obtained his Master’s degree in Sociology from Hemwati Nandan Baguguna Garhwal University, Birla Campus Srinagar in 1992. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′ 10″
Hair color: salt and pepper
Eye Color: Black
family and caste
Rawat is a Hindu by faith.
parents and siblings
Father’s name is Kalam Singh Rawat and mother’s name is Gaura Devi.
wife and children
His wife, Dr. Rashmi Tyagi Rawat, is a teacher by profession.
Tirath Singh Rawat and his wife Rashmi Tyagi on their wedding day on December 9, 1998
Rashmi is a well-educated lady with a PhD in Psychology from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut. Like Tirath, he was also associated with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during his college days and contested the presidential election at Chaudhary Charan Singh University in 1994. During her youth, she also participated in various pageants and won the titles of Miss RG and Miss Meerut.
Tirath Singh Rawat with his wife Rashmi Tyagi
Tirath and Rashmi have a daughter named Lokanksha Rawat.
Tirath Singh Rawat with his daughter Lokanksha Rawat
Career
Student politics
During his college days, Rawat became active in student politics, joining the ABVP, the student wing of the Hindu nationalist organization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. During his stint in student politics, he became the organizing secretary of the Uttarakhand state unit of the ABVP and was later elected as the national secretary of the ABVP. He was also elected as the Student Union President of Hemwati Nandan Baguguna Garhwal University in 1992.
mainstream politics
Rawat was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council in 1997. He served as the first Education Minister of Uttarakhand from 2000 to 2002. In 2007, he was appointed as the state secretary of the BJP in Uttarakhand. He participated in the first legislative elections in 2012 and was elected as Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chaubatakhal constituency. He was appointed as the Uttarakhand state BJP chief in 2013. In 2019, he contested the Lok Sabha elections for the first time and was subsequently elected as a Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) from the Garhwal district. In March 2021, after Uttarakhand’s predecessor Trivendra Singh Rawat resigned a year before the end of his term, Tirath Singh Rawat was appointed as the 9th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
Tirath Singh Rawat to be sworn in as the 9th CM of Uttarakhand on March 10, 2021
On 2 July 2021, he resigned as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
Net worth
Tirath Singh Rawat net worth is Rs. 1.15 crore, according to the election affidavit filed by him ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
confrontations
- In March 2021, within days of taking over as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Tirath Singh made a controversial remark against the practice of women wearing “torn jeans”. He made the allegedly misogynistic comment in his speech at a seminar organized by the Uttarakhand State Commission for Protection of Child Rights in Dehradun. Recalling the anecdote, Tirath said she was shocked to see a woman who heads an NGO wearing ripped jeans and worried about the precedent she was setting for the community. After the speech went viral, Tirath faced outrage from netizens and opposition party leaders.
- Days after sparking controversy with his comments about women wearing ripped jeans, Tirath Singh has sparked another row by suggesting that people should have more children if they want extra rations. She said,
Those who have 10 children received 50 kg, and those in their 20s – one quintal. People with two children received 10 kg. People built shops and found buyers. Who is to blame for this? Now you’re jealous of that. When it was time, you only gave birth to two children. why not produce 20″
During the speech, he also misquoted a key historical fact and confused Britain with America. She said,
Unlike other countries, India is handling the pandemic better. On the other hand, America, which has enslaved us and ruled the world for 200 years, is struggling to control the virus.
Facts/Trivia
- From 1983 to 1988, he served as the pracharak (promoter) of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
A picture from around 1987 when Atal Bihari Vajpayee came on a tour of Garhwal and Tirath (extreme right winger) who was then Pracharak of RSS was curating the tour
- He reportedly went to jail during the Ram Temple movement in the early 90s and was behind bars for two months.
- He actively participated in the movement for the formation of Uttarakhand, demanding the separation of Uttarakhand from Uttar Pradesh. Uttarakhand was granted statehood in 2000.
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