Tirath Singh Rawat

Tirath Singh Rawat (born 9 April 1964) is an Indian politician, a former Member of Parliament and former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.

Tirath Singh Rawat was born to a Hindu Rajput family in 1964 in the Pauri Garhwal district of Uttar Pradesh (now in Uttarakhand), India.

Since Rawat could not get elected to the state assembly within the deadline, he and his cabinet colleagues resigned on 2 July 2021.

[8][9] In March 2021, at a function organised by Hans Foundation, Rawat said, "The way people started considering Lord Ram and Krishna as gods in Dvapara and Treta yugas because of their works, in the same way, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be considered as Lord Ram and Krishna in times to come.

[11] In March 2021, Tirath Singh Rawat created controversy by saying that he was shocked to see a woman running an NGO in ripped jeans, and was concerned about the example she was setting for society.

[20] 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.

[22] The Uttarakhand High Court criticised his decision to proceed with the Kumbh Mela under this circumstance.

[23] The Chota Char Dham Yatra, a tour of four holy sites in Uttarakhand, was suspended on 30 April due to the rise in cases of COVID-19.