Delay in scrapping the Char Dham Devasthanam Board leads to agitation from 17 August.
The priests of Char Dham and the 47 other temples have announced a statewide protest from 17 August against the delay in scrapping the Char Dham Devasthanam Board (CDDB), constituted by the state government in 2019.
Along with the ongoing agitation on the issue being held at shrines of Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunotri, the priest community will also stage protests in other district headquarters and state capital Dehradun as part of the state wide agitation.
The protesting group has also decided to oppose all local public representatives who favour the continuance of the Char Dham Devasthanam Board, enacted in June 2020 by the then chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat led government.
“New chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami is also dilly-dallying by saying a high-powered committee will look into the situation arising after the formation of the CDDB and related legal aspects. State government is misleading us and is not serious about concerns of the priest community..,” said Krishan Kant Kothiyal, president of the Char Dham Teerth Purohit Hak-Hakookdhari Mahapanchayat, the flag-bearing organisation against the constitution of the board.
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