Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday welcomed the decision of the Supreme Court on the assembly recruitment issue and said that no injustice will be allowed to happen to the youth.

Two important bills were passed by voice vote in the Uttarakhand assembly on the second day of the supplementary budget session on Thursday. A strict law regarding religious conversion in the state is now in place after the passage of the Uttarakhand Religion Freedom (Amendment) Bill 2022.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], September 4 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday went to meet the general public without his convoy.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India] September 1 (ANI): Amid the row over appointments in Uttarakhand Assembly Secretariat, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday urged Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan to conduct a high-level inquiry into the matter.

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], June 5 (ANI): Uttrakhand Legislative Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan on Sunday congratulated Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for winning the Champawat by-election with a record number of votes.

Dehradun Apr 18 PTI Leader of Opposition in the Uttarakhand Assembly Yashpal Arya formally assumed office at the Vidhan Sabha here on Monday but more than half of Congress MLAs were absent on the occasion belying the partys claims of unity The Congress MLAs in attendance were Bhuvan Chandra Kapri Mamata Rakesh Anupama Rawat Sumit Hridayesh Manoj Tiwari and Gopal Rana The programme was also attended by state Congress president Karan Mahra and senior party leader Harish Rawat Among the MLAs who did not attend the programme were Pritam Singh Rajendra Bhandari Madan Singh Bisht and Harish Dhami Eleven of the 19 Congress MLAs in the state were also absent from the programme held at the party office here on Sunday when newly appointed state party chief Karan Mahra formally assumed charge The MLAs absent from Sundays programme were Pritam Singh Mamata Rakesh Rajendra Bhandari Vikram Singh Negi Furkan Ahmad Mayukh Mahar Madan Singh Bisht Khushal Singh Adhikari Tilak Raj Behar Gopal Singh Rana and Harish Dhami Though Congress leaders including Mahra have claimed that there is no resentment in the party the absence of more than half of party MLAs from two important programmes indicates that all is not well with the party Around 10 Congress MLAs in Uttarakhand are said to be unhappy with the recent revamp of the partys state unit The most vocal among the disgruntled MLAs has been Dharchula legislator Harish Dhami who spoke openly against the party leadership He even said that he will be forced to contest the next assembly polls in the state as an independent if neglected by his party Though denying any resentment among MLAs both Arya and Mahra have been saying that party leaders who have any grievances should voice them on an appropriate party forum PTI ALM RDK

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], April 12 (ANI): Dissatisfied Congress' MLAs will hold a confidential meeting in Dehradun on Wednesday over the appointments of Karan Mahara as president of its Uttarakhand Congress unit and Yashpal Aria as Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader respectively.

Dehradun Mar 30 PTI The opposition came down heavily on the government in the Uttarakhand assembly on Wednesday on the issue of rising prices with Congress legislators saying free rations do not mean anything if inflation is not controlledInflation has made the life of people miserable The government is looting with both hands It is strange that at a time when crude oil prices have gone down drastically in the international market petrol and diesel prices have crossed Rs 100 and Rs 90 a litre respectively Congress MLA from Chakrata Pritam Singh saidThe Congress-led UPA had kept petrol and diesel prices under control in 2014 even when crude oil price in the international market was USD 132 a barrel he claimedHow will the common man survive Singh askedBajpur MLA Yashpal Arya said it was unfortunate that despite the inflation rate touching the skies there was not even a word on the issue in the Governors address to the HouseIf it were a welfare government it would have taken effective steps to control prices Giving free rations to people becomes meaningless if we cannot rid them of back-breaking inflation he saidHaridwar Rural MLA Anupama Rawat said the price of a LPG cylinder has crossed Rs 1000 and demanded either a subsidy on it or its free distribution among people at least for a few months Earlier in the pre-lunch session of the House members paid tributesto former speaker Harbans Kapoor and former MLA Gopal Dutt Ojha who passed away in December last year and January respectivelyHarbans Kapoor was an eight-time BJP MLA and speaker of the Uttarakhand assembly from 2007 to 2012He was remembered as a simple man full of humility despite holding key positions during his long political career and a person who was always in direct contact with the people of his constituencyOjha was a Congress MLA from Didihat thrice PTI ALM ANB ANB

Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], March 29 (ANI): The newly-elected Uttarakhand Assembly Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan on Tuesday paid a courtesy call on Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his residence.

Dehradun Mar 26 PTI BJP MLA Ritu Khanduri the daughter of former chief minister B C Khanduri was elected unopposed as the first woman speaker of the Uttarakhand Assembly on Saturday The announcement about her election was made by pro-tem speaker Banshidhar Bhagat Her election to the post was a foregone conclusion as the main opposition Congress chose to stay out of contest Ritu Khanduri won from Kotdwar by defeating former minister S S Negi by more than 3000 votes She had won her maiden assembly election from the Yamkeshwar constituency in 2017 Before taking a plunge into politics she taught at a private university in Noida for several years In her maiden address to MLAs soon after her election Khanduri exhorted first-time legislators to utilise five years of their tenure in learning about legislative procedures and participate enthusiastically in debates in the House on matters of public interest Congratulating her Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami dwelt on her academic achievements and said her assumption of office as the first woman speaker of the state was an acknowledgement of the valuable contribution made by women in Uttarakhands movement for statehood It is a historic day for us We got our first woman speaker in you today It is an honour for the entire women population of the state who played a stellar role in the formation of Uttarakhand Dhami said Opposition members Pritam Singh and Yashpal Arya also congratulated her saying they were confident she would carry forward her fathers legacy of probity in public life and lay the foundations of healthy legislative practices Singh also expressed hope that under her stewardship the House will pass a resolution granting 33 per cent reservation to women in the state legislature PTI ALM SMN