BJP welcomes Tamta's elevation as minister

Uttarakhand BJP today welcomed the Dalit MP from Nainital Ajay Tamta's induction into Modi government saying party workers all over the state besides the youth and dalits were happy with the decision.
"With Uttarakhand getting the much-awaited representation in the Union council of ministers, people all over the state are happy. The dalits feel honoured and the youth have become hopeful about their future," Pradesh BJP spokesman Virendra Singh Bisht said in a statement here.
Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for making the young Dalit leader from the state a minister at the Centre, Bisht said the move makes BJP's victory in 2017 assembly polls a certainty.

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Meanwhile, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat congratulated Tamta on his induction into the Union Council of Ministers.
"I hope after becoming a minister, it will be easier for Tamta to take up with the Centre the issues related to the state including its budget, green bonus and central assistance (for development projects) in the ratio of 90:10 more effectively," an official release said, quoting Rawat.