Gairsain to become Uttarakhand's summer capital: CM

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat made a major announcement during the Uttarakhand budget session on March 04, 2020. The CM declared Gairsain as the summer capital of Uttarakhand during the budget session. CM said that Dehradun does not serve the status of Uttarakhand permanent capital now Gairsain will serve the purpose and issue of permanent state capital will be solved. In 2017, BJP had promised in its manifesto to declare Garsain as the summer capital of Uttarakhand. The people of the state gave a bumper 57 seats to the BJP in the assembly elections.