“Former Champawat MLA and BJP Leader Kailash Chandra Gahtori Passes Away: A Tribute to His Dedicated Public Service”

Former Champawat MLA Kailash Chandra Gahtori passed away in Dehradun on Friday morning after a prolonged illness. He was 55 years old. Gahtori had vacated his seat in 2022 for the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami. He breathed his last at the Government Doon Medical College in Dehradun, according to sources from the BJP.

Expressing his grief over Gahtori’s death, Chief Minister Dhami said that it was a personal loss to him, the party and the state. He described the former MLA as his dear friend and said that he was unable to express his immense pain in words. Gahtori spent his entire life in public service and will always be remembered as an ideal public representative, the chief minister added.

Gahtori, who was associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, contested his first Assembly election in 2002 from Champawat as an Independent candidate. Later in 2017, he contested the elections from Champawat on a BJP ticket and won. He won again from the seat in 2022. However, after the Chief Minister lost the polls from Khatima, Gahtori vacated his seat for him to contest the elections and made it to the state Assembly.

Gahtori was also the chairman of the Uttarakhand Forest Development Corporation. The Chief Minister said that Gahtori’s dedication towards the development of the Champawat region was a source of inspiration for them.