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{{Short description|9th Chief Minister of Uttarakhand}}
{{similar names|T. S. Rawat (disambiguation){{!}}T. S. Rawat}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tirath Singh Rawat
| image = File:The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Shri Tirath Singh Rawat.jpg
| caption =
| office = 9th [[List of Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand|Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]]
| term_start = 10 March 2021
| term_end = 4 July 2021
| predecessor = [[Trivendra Singh Rawat]]
| successor = [[Pushkar Singh Dhami]]
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start1 = 30 May 2019
| term_end1 =
| constituency1 = [[Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Garhwal]]
| predecessor1 = [[B. C. Khanduri]]
| successor1 =
| office2 = [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|Member of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 2012
| term_end2 = 2017
| constituency2 = [[Chaubattakhal (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Chaubattakhal]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = [[Satpal Maharaj]]
| office3 = [[Swami ministry|Uttarakhand Minister of Education]]
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[Nityanand Swami (politician)|Nityanand Swami]]
| predecessor3 =
| successor3 =
| term_start3 = 2000
| term_end3 = 2002
| office4 = 6th President of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttarakhand]]
| term_start4 = 9 February 2013
| term_end4 = 31 December 2015
| predecessor4 = [[Bishan Singh Chuphal]]
| successor4 = [[Ajay Bhatt (politician)|Ajay Bhatt]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| otherparty = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
| spouse = Rashmi Tyagi Rawat
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1964|04|09}}
| birth_place = Seeron, [[Pauri Garhwal district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] (now [[Uttarakhand]], India)
| website = [http://www.tirathsinghrawat.com Official website]
| alma_mater = [[Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University]]
| footnotes =
| source = http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5002
| children = One daughter
}}

'''Tirath Singh Rawat''' (born 9 April 1964) is an Indian politician, a sitting [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] and former [[Chief minister|Chief Minister]] of [[Uttarakhand]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tirath-singh-rawat-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-chief-minister-of-uttarakhand/articleshow/81430276.cms | title=Tirath Singh Rawat: All you need to know about the new chief minister of Uttarakhand | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=10 March 2021 | access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tirath-singh-rawat-from-rss-pracharak-to-uttarakhand-chief-minister-101615377274271.html | title=Tirath Singh Rawat: From RSS pracharak to Uttarakhand chief minister | work=[[Hindustan Times ]] |first1=Neeraj |last1=Santoshi | date=10 March 2021 | access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttarakhand/dehradun-city-uttarakhand-new-cm-update-know-all-about-uttarakhands-new-cm-teerath-singh-rawat-21447642.html|title= CM Tirath Singh Rawat Profile: जानें कौन हैं तीरथ सिंह रावत जो बने उत्तराखंड के नए मुख्यमंत्री|website= Jagran|language=hi |access-date=2021-03-10}}</ref> He was elected to the [[17th Lok Sabha]] from the [[Garhwal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Garhwal constituency]] in the [[2019 Indian general election]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/tirath-singh-rawat-sworn-in-as-new-uttarakhand-cm/articleshow/81431316.cms | title=Tirath Singh Rawat sworn-in as new Uttarakhand CM | publisher=[[The Economic Times]] | date=10 March 2021 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] | access-date=10 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/uttarakhand/story/uttarakhand-new-cm-tirath-singh-rawat-took-oath-exclusive-interview-1219951-2021-03-10|title= तीरथ सिंह रावत बने उत्तराखंड के CM, कहा- सबको साथ लेकर चलूंगा, RSS में यही ट्रेनिंग पाई|website= Aajtak|language=hi |access-date=2021-03-10}}</ref> as member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was the party chief of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] Uttarakhand from 9 February 2013 to 31 December 2015 and former member of [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly]] from [[Chaubattakhal (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)|Chaubattakhal constituency]] from 2012 to 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjp.org/organisation/office-bearers |title=National Office Bearers | website =[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] |date=1 May 2017 |access-date=1 May 2017}}</ref> He was also the first Education Minister of Uttarakhand.

==Early life and education==
Tirath Singh Rawat was born in 1964 in the [[Pauri Garhwal district]], India. His father was Kalam Singh Rawat and his mother Gaura Devi. He holds a Master's degree in sociology and a diploma in journalism.<ref name="HTT">{{cite news |last1=Santoshi |first1=Neeraj |title=Tirath Singh Rawat: From RSS pracharak to Uttarakhand chief minister |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/tirath-singh-rawat-from-rss-pracharak-to-uttarakhand-chief-minister-101615377274271.html |access-date=7 May 2021 |publisher=The Hindustan Times |date=10 March 2021}}</ref>

==Career==
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Rawat entered active student politics and became the organizational secretary of [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]] Uttarakhand unit and later national secretary of ABVP. He was also the student union president at [[Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University]] in 1992. Subsequently, he became the state vice president of Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha. He worked for [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] as a key worker, known as a pracharak, from 1983 to 1988.

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

In 1997, he was elected as a 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 the 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 of six BJP mayoral posts in municipal corporation elections.
He was elected as MP from Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency on 23 May 2019. He defeated his nearest rival Manish Khanduri by more than 3.50 [[lakh]] votes.

He took oath as the [[List of chief ministers of Uttarakhand|Chief Minister of Uttarakhand]] on 10 March 2021. At the time, Rawat was a member of the Lok Sabha representing [[Pauri Garhwal]], but not a member of the [[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly|Uttarakhand state assembly]]. Under the constitution, to remain as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, he needed to be elected to the state assembly within six months of being appointed Chief Minister (i.e. by 10 September 2021). Rawat did not contest the [[by-election]] for the [[Salt (Uttarakhand Assembly constituency)]] seat in April 2021, in part because Rawat had tested positive for COVID-19 on 22 March 2021. There were two subsequent vacancies in the state assembly, but these occurred less than a year before the term of the assembly was due to end on 22 March 2022, and by-elections are not meant to be held in the last year of the assembly's term of office. Since Rawat could not get elected to the state assembly within the deadline, he and his cabinet colleagues resigned on 2 July 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/uttarakhand-political-turmoil-cm-tirath-rawat-returns-to-dehradun-likely-to-submit-resignation-soon/articleshow/84069790.cms |title=Uttarakhand CM Tirath Rawat returns to Dehradun, likely to submit resignation soon |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2 July 2021 |editor1-first=Kautilya |editor1-last=Singh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tirath-singh-rawat-uttarakhand-cm-resign-bjp-7386476/ |title=Tirath Singh Rawat resigns, BJP to have third CM in Uttarakhand in four months |first1=Lalmani |last1=Verma |first2=Liz |last2=Mathew |date=3 July 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]]}}</ref>

==Controversies==

=== Narendra Modi as the avatar of Rama and Krishna ===
In March 2021, at a function organized by Hans Foundation, Rawat said, "The way people started considering Lord Ram and Krishna as gods in [[Dvapara Yuga|Dvapara]] and [[Treta Yuga|Treta]] yugas because of their works, in the same way, Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] will be considered as Lord [[Rama|Ram]] and [[Krishna]] in times to come."<ref>{{cite web |title=People will consider Modi as avatar of Ram, Krishna: Uttarakhand CM Tirath Rawat |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/people-will-consider-pm-modi-as-an-avatar-of-ram-krishna-in-times-to-come-cm-tirath-rawat-225971 |website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |publisher=Tribune India |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref>
Leaders from the opposition party of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] claimed this is [[sycophancy]] and criticised him for his remarks.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/mar/16/opposition-lashes-out-at-uttarakhand-cm-tirath-singh-rawat-for-comparing-pm-modiwith-lord-ram-2277041.html |title=Opposition lashes out at Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat for comparing PM Modi with Lord Ram |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=16 March 2021 |first1=Vineet |last1=Upadhyay}}</ref>

=== Views on women's clothing ===
In March 2021, Tirath Singh Rawat created controversy by saying that he was shocked to see a woman running an [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]] in ripped jeans, and was concerned about the example she was setting for society.<ref>{{cite news |title=Controversy For New Uttarakhand Chief Minister With "Ripped Jeans" Remark |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/controversy-for-new-uttarakhand-chief-minister-tirath-singh-rawat-with-ripped-jeans-remark-2392606 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=17 March 2021 |first1=Dinesh |last1=DMansera |editor1-first=Deepshikha |editor1-last=Ghosh}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=A word picked up, blown up Tirath Rawat's wife on his ripped jeans remark |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/a-word-picked-up-blown-up-tirath-rawat-s-wife-on-his-ripped-jeans-remark-101616083156406-amp.html |date=18 March 2021 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |first1=Neeraj |last1=Santoshi}}</ref> [[Priyanka Gandhi]] criticized Rawat on his remarks and also posted photos of Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] and Union Minister [[Nitin Gadkari]] in white shirts and khaki shorts ([[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] uniform).<ref>{{cite news |title=In Priyanka Gandhi's Takedown Of "Ripped Jeans" Comment, A Photo Of PM |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/in-priyanka-gandhis-takedown-of-ripped-jeans-comment-a-photo-of-pm-2393986 |date=18 March 2021 |work=[[NDTV]] |editor1-first=Divyanshu Dutta |editor1-last=Roy}}</ref>

Rawat later apologized for his controversial remarks and added he has no problem with [[jeans]]. But he maintained his objections to ripped jeans, claiming wearing "torn" ones is "not right."<ref>{{cite news |title=Uttarakhand Chief Minister Apologises But Repeats Objection To Torn Jeans |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/uttarakhand-chief-minister-tirath-singh-rawat-apologises-but-says-wearing-ripped-jeans-not-right-2394966 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=20 March 2021 |agency=Press Trust of India}}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tirath Singh Rawat apologises for ripped jeans remark but says wearing torn jeans 'not right' |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tirath-singh-rawat-apologises-ripped-jeans-remark-says-wearing-torn-jeans-not-right-1781449-2021-03-20 |work=[[India Today]] |date=20 March 2021 |agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>

=== Colonisation of India ===
Shortly after taking office as Chief Minister, Rawat said that India was handling the COVID-19 pandemic better than the [[United States]], which had enslaved India for two hundred years. It sparked outrage as it was the [[British Empire]] that had colonised India, and not the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-22|title='America ruled India for 200 years...': Uttarakhand CM Tirath Singh Rawat|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/america-ruled-india-for-200-years-uttarakhand-cm-tirath-singh-rawat-11616383618762.html|access-date=2021-07-03|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>

=== COVID-19 pandemic ===
Rawat took heavy criticism for his decision to pursue the [[Haridwar Kumbh Mela]] in [[Haridwar]] without any restrictions related to COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kumbh 2021: Astrology, Mortality and the Indifference to Life of Leaders and Stars |url=https://thewire.in/government/kumbh-2021-astrology-mortality-and-the-indifference-to-life-of-leaders-and-stars |date=20 April 2021 |first1=Shuddhabrata |last1=Sengupta |access-date=23 April 2021 |work=[[The Wire (India)]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 March 2021 |title=Uttarakhand Kumbh Mela: Here is why new CM Tirath Singh Rawat doesn't want any restrictions on pilgrims |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/uttarakhand-kumbh-mela-here-is-why-new-cm-tirath-singh-rawat-doesnt-want-any-restrictions-on-pilgrims/2216734/ |access-date=23 April 2021 |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]|language=en}}</ref> Rawat disputed the effects of COVID-19, saying that "Maa Ganga's blessings" would prevent ill effects.<ref>{{Cite news|date=14 April 2021 |title=Haridwar: Hundreds test positive for Covid at Kumbh Mela |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56742231 |access-date=23 April 2021}}</ref> The 2021 Kumbh Mela gravely exacerbated the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]], and more than a thousand devotees tested positive for COVID-19 at the event.<ref>{{Cite news |title=COVID 'super-spreader' erupts as devotees throng Indian festival |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/14/super-spreader-over-1000-covid-positive-at-indias-kumbh-mela |date=14 April 2021 |access-date=23 April 2021 |work=[[al Jazeera]] |language=en}}</ref> He also drew a distinction of the Kumbh Mela gathering and [[2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi|Tablighi gathering in Delhi]] during the preceding year, saying the later was 'all inside a building' while Kumbh Mela is 'out in the open'.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kumbh Mela can’t be compared to Nizamuddin Markaz, claims Uttarakhand CM |url=https://scroll.in/latest/992233/kumbh-mela-cant-be-compared-to-nizamuddin-markaz-claims-uttarakhand-cm |website=[[Scroll.in]] |publisher=Scroll |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref> The Uttarakhand High Court criticized his decision to proceed with the Kumbh Mela under this circumstance.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Rathore |first1=Dilip Singh |title=HC pulls up Uttarakhand govt over Kumbh Mela amid Covid pandemic, seeks status report |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/coronavirus-outbreak/story/uttarakhand-high-court-pulls-up-tirath-singh-rawat-govt-kumbh-mela-haridwar-covid-surge-1796341-2021-04-29 |access-date=2 May 2021 |work=[[India Today]] |date=29 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref> The [[Chota Char Dham]] Yatra, a tour of four holy sites in Uttarakhand, was suspended on April 30 due to the rise in cases of COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite news|date=30 April 2021 |title=Uttarakhand suspends Char Dham Yatra in wake of rising Covid-19 cases |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/uttarakhand-suspends-char-dham-yatra-in-wake-of-rising-covid-19-cases-7293561/|access-date=2 May 2021 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en |first1=Lalmani |last1=Verma }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5002 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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