Uttarakhand: Lansdowne will be renamed after General Bipin Rawat, CM Dhami said – proposal will be sent to the Center
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated and laid the foundation stone of schemes worth crores of rupees at Chaubattakhal on Friday. Addressing the program organized in the premises of Government Degree College Chaubattakhal, the Chief Minister said that General Bipin Rawat was not only Garhwal but also the pride of the country. A proposal will be sent to the Central Government to name Lansdowne after him. Said that the Uniform Civil Code law is going to be implemented soon in the state. On this occasion, the CM laid the foundation stone of 11 schemes worth Rs 9159.04 lakh and dedicated 11 works constructed with Rs 3752.70 lakh.
On reaching the area for the first time, the CM was warmly welcomed. In the meeting, the Chief Minister said that under the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, development is taking place in Uttarakhand on the lines of neither past nor future. Very soon the Uniform Civil Code Act is going to be implemented in the state. Uttarakhand will be the first state to implement the Uniform Civil Code. In order to prevent cheating in the state’s competitive examinations, a provision has been made in the stringent anti-copying law up to life imprisonment and confiscation of all property. 92 accused of cheating in various examinations are behind bars. Encroachments on government lands in the name of religion will be identified and removed. People involved in such cases will be identified and strict action will be taken against them. Taking a jibe at the construction of shrines etc. on government lands, he said that shrine-jihad will not be allowed to dominate the culture of the land of God. BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt said that those whose shops were closed due to the anti-copying law. They are freaked out. New records of development are being established in the field of railways, roads, tourism, education, medicine etc. in the state.
Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj suggested to name Lansdowne after the country’s first CDS General Bipin Rawat. Said that all the problems in his constituency are being resolved on priority basis. Girish Sundriyal coordinated the program chaired by BJP Pokhada Mandal President Prabhu Sharan. On this occasion, MLA Lansdowne Dalip Rawat, Pauri MLA Rajkumar Pori, District Panchayat President Shanti Devi, Goseva Commission President Rajendra Anthwal, Pokhda Block Chief Preeti Devi, Ekeshwar Block Chief Neeraj Panthri, Pauri BJP District President Sushma Rawat etc. were present.
