Uttarakhand : Tirth priests increased the tension of BJP! Will oppose BJP if 2 tickets are not given to contest elections
After just a few days, assembly elections are to be held in 5 states including UP, Punjab. These include Devbhoomi Uttarakhand. As the election date is approaching in Uttarakhand, similarly this political battle is getting exciting. Amidst the political battle of BJP Congress in the state, this time the Aam Aadmi Party has also entered. However, how much effect you will have in Uttarakhand is a different topic. At present, the people of Devbhoomi are witnessing the real fight between the two parties. However, the Congress seems to be completely overwhelming the BJP at this time. Whether it is the opinion polls of all the news channels or public opinion. Most of the people are talking only about change in the state. In the midst of all this, both the parties are claiming to form the government, but it is clearly visible in the BJP that at this time it is going through many kinds of ‘pain’, due to which its morale has started to falter. Whether it is the matter of cabinet minister Harak Singh Rawat leaving the party recently or mutual factionalism. Overall, BJP is walking on such a path where there are only thorns.
Tirth priests increased the tension of the government!
A new thorn in this path has been put by the pilgrim priests, in fact, the ruckus between the government and the pilgrim priests a few months ago has not yet been forgotten by the priests. This is the reason that now the pilgrim priests also want that they should also join politics and strengthen themselves by becoming the voice of the people. The pilgrimage priests of Kedarnath Dham have demanded from the BJP to give tickets to the priests on two seats in the Chardhams. In fact, he has clearly said that the government has dissolved the Devasthanam Board and made its worker president in the Badri-Kedar temple committee. In such a situation, the pilgrimage priests should also get the ticket of the assembly. The pilgrimage priests say that for years, the pilgrimage priests are walking step by step with the BJP along with serving the devotees coming from the country and abroad. So they should be given tickets.
Now consider it as an order or demand, this self-styled government is not able to understand. Because the pilgrimage priests have given a warning in a way without saying that if this is not done, then the pilgrimage priests will be forced to strongly oppose the BJP. That is, if he does not get a ticket, he will campaign against the BJP and will give full force to remove the BJP from the throne of Uttarakhand.
The Dhami government also has an idea of the power of the priests!
It is worth noting that recently the government and the pilgrimage priests have come face to face many times in the Devasthanam Board case. In fact, since the formation of the Devasthanam Board in Uttarakhand, the pilgrimage priests started opposing it. Many times the teerth priests also sat on dharna demanding the dissolution of the Devasthanam Board. Many times the former Chief Minister Trivendra Rawat was also returned from the mountains, but still the government kept taking their demands lightly, in the end the government understood their strength when the pilgrimage priests protested during PM Modi’s visit to Kedarnath. Demonstrated and talked about teaching a lesson in elections. Let us tell you, in March 2021, the Devasthanam Board was also a major reason for the removal of Trivendra Singh Rawat from the post of Chief Minister. Then somewhere, while doing damage control, the Dhami government, accepting their demands, dissolved the Devasthanam Board formed by its own government.
Why were the teerth priests opposing the Devasthanam board?
After the formation of the Devasthanam Board, the government’s interference in the Char Dham and the temples of Uttarakhand started increasing. After the formation of the board, many such changes took place due to which the economic control went to the Uttarakhand government. As a part of the temple income used to reach the people managing the temple, it stopped reaching them. Apart from this, the offerings coming to Char Dham and temples went under the control of the government. The board started using this money for construction work like parks, schools and buildings in the state. This is the reason for the displeasure of the sages and the priests.
Trivendra had to lose his chair due to Devasthanam board!
The decision to constitute this board was taken by Trivendra Singh Rawat, former Chief Minister of the BJP government, which has been overturned by Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Since the formation of the board, saints and priests of the state were opposing it. Although the Uttarakhand government argued that with the help of this board, better facilities will be given to the tourists doing Chardham and the rights of the priests will remain intact, there will be no change in this, but it did not happen.
At present, the battle of assembly elections in Uttarakhand has started. The BJP government does not want to take any risk in the matter of elections. Keeping this goal in mind, BJP made Pushkar Singh Dhami the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand after resigning from Trivendra Singh Rawat. But once again the same pilgrim priest seems to be hanging around the neck of the government.
