Kailash Chandra Gahtori (15 August 1968 – 3 May 2024) was an Indian businessman and politician who served in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly from 2017 until his resignation in 2022, representing the Champawat constituency as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Kailash Chandra Gahtori was born on 15 August 1968 in the Champawat district of Uttarakhand, which was then part of Uttar Pradesh.
[1][3] Gahtori was a longtime member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a paramilitary organization affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party, and he officially joined the BJP in 2012.
[4] However, Pushkar Singh Dhami, the chief minister of Uttarakhand, was defeated in his bid for re-election in the Khatima constituency.
[9] On 16 June 2022, Gahtori was appointed chairman of the Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation, which gave him the rank of minister.