Will conduct verification: Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on non-Hindus’ entry in Char Dham

By Express News Service

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday responding to the queries associated banning the entry of non-Hindus within the Char Dham shrines- Kedarnath, Badrinath, Yamunotri and Gangotri mentioned that the state authorities will conduct a verification drive to verify if individuals from outdoors of the state have encroached upon illegally.

“Ours state is a peaceful one and we should work towards preserving our religion and culture. We will conduct a verification drive to check if people from outside of Uttarakhand have encroached illegally,” mentioned the CM. 

He additional added that there is no such thing as a area for ‘encrochers’. “There is no space for encroachers, spreaders of religion based frenzy. The law will take its own course in such matters,” mentioned CM Dhami.  Last week, Swami Anand Swaroop, a seer who was a part of Haridwar Dharam Sansad hate speech has written to Uttarakhand Chief Minister to ban entry of non-Hindu individuals in Char Dham shrines. 

He additionally warned the CM of accelerating footprints of non-Hindus within the Himalayan state.  The seer had additionally warned that his ‘Kali Sena’ will train a lesson to these non-Hindus who ‘violate the sanctity of the Char Dham’. Swami Anand Swaroop, one of many organizers of Dharam Sansad in Haridwar in December 2021 can also be convenor of the Dharam Sansad core committee. 

Last 12 months, intelligence aganecies had alerted authorities in Uttarakhand about ‘Demographic Changes’ in sure areas of the hill state warning about these adjustments, particularly in border districts of Udham Singh Nagar, Champawat and Pithoragarh of Kumaon disvision of the state.

All three districts share border with Nepal. Officials from Uttarakhand authorities informed {that a} report was despatched to the union residence ministry in January 2021 citing the state of affairs in these districts as ‘delicate’. 

In September 2021, the state authorities citing an excessive amount of improve in inhabitants in sure areas of the state which is inflicting ‘Demographic Change’ ensuing into ‘Migration of some communities from these areas’, issued instructions to take steps to search out the ‘solutuion of the issue’.

Release from the state authorities acknowledged, “It has come to the notice of the government that in certain areas of the state due to too much increase in population demographic changes have occurred resulting in ‘migration by some communities from those areas’. No only this, there is also an apprehension of disturbance in communal harmony.”

However, the discharge didn’t title any group.  The launch additional acknowledged that the director normal of police of the state, all of the district magistrates and district police chiefs to take steps to search out resolution of the issue. 

The state authorities had additionally issued directions to kind district stage committees together with ‘Peace Committees. These committees will advise to search out ‘resolution’ of the ‘downside’ and conferences will probably be organized sometimes to keep up peace.

The instructions had additionally been issued to establish individuals in each district of Uttarakhand who’re from different states with felony historical past residing within the state and confirm their paperwork in addition to information. 

Directions additionally embrace taking motion by authorities who’ve solid their paperwork together with foreigners and keeping track of sale of properties to see if anybody isn’t promoting the property out of stress or worry.  Interestingly, union residence ministry in an RTI reply had acknowledged that threats to Hindus and Hinduism are ‘imaginary’ or ‘hypothetical’.