Uttarakhand : Congress MP Vijay Bahuguna was sworn in as CM of Uttarakhand on Tuesday after the Congress overruled a revolt by another MP Harish Rawat, who is said to have offered to resign from the Union govt.

65-year-old Bahuguna, son of late Congress leader Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, was the lone minister to take the oath of office and secrecy at a brief ceremony at the Parade Ground in Dehradun on Tuesday.

Governor Margaret Alva administered the oath at the function which was attended by former Chief Minister N D Tiwari, central Congress observers Ghulam Nabi Azad, Birender Singh, party MP Satpal Maharaj, PCC chief Yashpal Arya, and Bahuguna’s sister Rita Bahuguna Joshi.

Only 11 out of the 32 Congress MLAs were present besides three independent MLAs — Mantri Prasad Netani, Harish Durgapal and Dinesh Tanhai — and Uttarakhand Kranti Dal MLA Pritam Singh Panwar.

Prominent Congress leaders Harak Singh Rawat and Indra Hridayesh, who were themselves aspirants for the Chief Minister’s post, were conspicuous by their absence as were Harish Rawat’s supporters.

The Congress, which won 32 seats in the 70-member Assembly, one more than BJP’s 31, has managed to get the support of three independents and an equal number of BSP MLAs and that of UKD(K) MLA.