Repeal of Char Dham Devasthanam board: BJP propitiates the priests

The Congress, which is sensing victory in the elections, has slammed the BJP on the issue, saying the ruling party was frightened into taking the decision

When Trivendra Singh Rawat was removed as chief minister (CM) in March this year, he did not have the slightest idea why the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) brass pulled the rug from under his feet. Even after his removal, Rawat defended his decision to set up the contentious Char Dham Devasthanam Board in Uttarakhand, describing it as the biggest reform in the history of the state. But Rawat was proved politically wrong when CM Pushkar Singh Dhami scrapped the board on Tuesday, ahead of the Assembly elections due early next year. The Dhami government will give burial to the Char