Mr. Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri was sworn in on Sunday as the new Uttarakhand Chief Minister replacing Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who had resigned earlier in the day. Governor Smt. Margret Alva administered oath to Mr. Khanduri who became Chief Minister for a second time.AIR correspondent reports, that Mr. Khanduri repeated all eleven faces of outgoing Nishank cabinet including Mr. Diwakar Bhatt from Uttarakhand Kranti Dal and Mr. Rajendra Bhandari an independent. Khanduri was earlier elected unopposed as the leader of BJP legislative party meeting.Capping a two-day high voltage political drama, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank had stepped down this morning after being given marching orders by the party high command, paving the way for 76-year-old Khanduri to take the reins of the Uttarakhand government as it braces for the February elections.