Uttarakhand Government has decided to award more Lal Battis

Dehradun : The Nishank Government has decided to award more Lal Battis. Some of the party leaders who held Lal Batti posts during the Khanduri tenure have been retained. Sources close to the CM and BJP insiders indicated, today, that at least 18 Lal Battis were finalised today, but not officially announced. Some more lal batti appointments are likely to follow soon. Although the list is not out officially, as yet, sources revealed that Shamim Alam as Chairman of Haj Committee and Devendra Bhasin as Chairman of State Media Committee had been retained on the same posts that they held when BC Khanduri was the CM. No MLA has been given any Lal Batti post.


Others to be appointed include Sushila Baluni as Chairperson, State Women Commission and Geeta Thakur as Deputy Chairperson of State Women Commission. Another Khanduri loyalist, Prakash Suman Dhyani, too, has been retained as Advisor to the CM on Tourism. Pushkar Singh Dhami, former BJYM President and a close confidante of former CM, Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, has been appointed Deputy Chairman of the Urban Development Monitoring Committee, Rajendra Rauthan has been appointed Vice Chairman of Garhwal Mandal Vikas Nigam, Ravindra Jugran has now been appointed as Chairman of the Rajya Andolankari Samman Parishad in place of Sushila Baluni.

Narendra Rautela has been retained as Deputy Chairman of the State Technical Training Institutes Advisory Committee, Heera Singh Ghapola has now been appointed as Deputy Chairman, Food Processing Advisory Committee. Beena Bist and Shanti Mehra have been retained as Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson, respectively, of the Animal Welfare Board. Tejpal Singh Panwar has been appointed Chairperson, OBC Commission.

Puran Singh Nainwal has been retained as Deputy Chairman, Uttarakhand Non-Residents Coordination & Welfare Committee. Jaspal Singh Negi has been appointed Deputy Chairman, Uttarakhand State Level Sports Council. Subhash Barthwal has been appointed as Deputy Chairman, State Youth Welfare Council.