Dhan Singh Rawat

For other people named Dhan Singh, see Dhan Singh (name).

Not to be confused with Dhan Singh Rawat (Rajasthan politician).

Dhan Singh Rawat (born 7 October 1972) is a Cabinet Minister^[1][2][3] of Uttarakhand and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He has served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Uttarakhand, representing the constituency of Srinagar Garhwal.^[4][5][6]

Dhan Singh Rawat
Minister of Higher Education, Govt of Uttarakhand
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 March 2017
Chief Minister	Trivendra Singh Rawat Tirath Singh Rawat Pushkar Singh Dhami
Member of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 March 2017
Preceded by	Ganesh Godiyal
Constituency	Srinagar
Personal details
Born	(1972-10-07) 7 October 1972 (age 52) Paithani, Uttarakhand, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Deepa Rawat
Residence	Dehradun

Personal life and career

Dhan Singh Rawat was born in a hamlet in Pauri Garhwal and educated at the village school. He earned master's and doctoral degrees from Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University in History.^[7] A party secretary for the BJP in Uttarakhand,^[8] he failed to gain election to the state legislature in 2012 in the constituency of Srinagar Garhwal;^[7] he entered the legislature in 2017^[9] and has since served as a Cabinet Minister with responsibility for health, higher education,^[10] cooperatives, disaster management, dairy development and protocols.^[11]

Controversy

Dhan Singh Rawat has landed into controversy after he purportedly said in a viral video that the government was thinking of "using an app to control the intensity of rainfall". As an aftermath, a lot of statements came to light accusing Dhan Singh Rawat of forging his doctorate. The statement is believed to have been made at a recent media interaction which detailed steps taken by the government to tackle rain-related damage. ^[12]

To which former chief minister and Congress veteran Harish Rawat took a jibe saying, “Uttarakhand chief minister Pushkar Dhami should propose his cabinet minister's name for Bharat Ratna.”^[13]