BJP leader Kailash Gahtori, who won the election from the Champawat Assembly seat, resigned as MLA to make way for CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. "The resignation of MLA Kailash Gahtori has been accepted. The Chief Minister will now contest from this seat," said BJP state chief Madan Kaushik. Notably, Dhami had lost election from Khatima to Congress' Bhuwan Chandra Kapri.