In the poll-bound state of Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday (30 November) announced that the BJP ruled state has decided to repeal the controversial Char Dham Devasthanam Board Management Act.
When the Char Dham Devasthanam Board Management Act was enacted many Hindus felt that this was a betrayal as Hindus in India want to control their own temples just as Muslims and Christians do of their places of worship.
Our government has taken a decision to take back the Char Dham Devasthanam Management Board Bill: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami pic.twitter.com/Xe0TgEz0iL
— ANI (@ANI) November 30, 2021
The announcement comes just months from the state election and after a high-level committee that was set up by the Dhami government to take a look into the Uttarakhand Char Dham Devasthanam Management Act, 2019, the committee submitted its final report to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami in Rishikesh on Sunday.
The act was passed by the BJP government in Uttarakhand in 2019 when Trivendra Singh Rawat was CM under which the administration of 51 temples including the Char Dham – Shri Badrinath, Shri Kedarnath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri- was handed over to Char Dham Devasthanam Board.
However, priests of the Chardham — Kedarnath, Badrinath, Gangotri, and Yamunotri fearlessly opposed the formation of board, which they saw as a violation of their rights, and have been demanding its dissolution.
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