Uttarakhand Health Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal will be the new Chief Minister of the state in place of B C Khanduri who resigned yesterday owing moral responsibility for the rout of BJP in the Lok Sabha elections.

51-year-old journalist-turned-politician Pokhriyal was elected unanimously leader of the BJP legislature party at the meeting of MLAs here, state Agriculture Minister Trivendra Rawat said.

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Khanduri will submit his resignation to Governor B L Joshi tomorrow after which Pokhriyal and his new team will be sworn in.

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