BJP welcomes Tamta's elevation as minister

"With Uttarakhand getting the much-awaited representation in the Union council of ministers, people all over the state are happy. The dalits feel honoured and the youth have become hopeful about their future," Pradesh BJP spokesman Virendra Singh Bisht said in a statement here.

Thanking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for making the young Dalit leader from the state a minister at the Centre, Bisht said the move makes BJP's victory in 2017 assembly polls a certainty.

He said having a minister at the Centre will speed up development projects in the state and help the Prime Minister Implement his vision for Uttarakhand.