Dhami Gau Seva remark: Uttarakhand CM says opposition calls cow service ‘regressive’, cites Ram Mandir lawyers
Dhami also alleged opponents deployed an army of high-profile lawyers in the Supreme Court during the Ram Mandir case.
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami used a Dhami Gau Seva speech in Haridwar to accuse the opposition of treating cow service as a sign of a “regressive” mindset, ANI reported on Friday. He spoke at the inauguration of Kamdhenu Lok on Thursday and tied the charge to the Ram Mandir case in the Supreme Court.
Dhami Gau Seva remark: what he said at Kamdhenu Lok
Dhami was taking part in the inauguration ceremony at Kamdhenu Lok Bhawan in Haridwar, according to ANI. “The opposition claims that Gau Seva is a symbol of our regressive mindset,” he said. “These people neither like Gau Mata nor those who are devoted to her.”
The reports quote the Chief Minister referring to “the opposition” in general terms and do not name a party.
Ram Mandir lawyers charge
Dhami then moved to the Ram Mandir. “These are the same people who, for years, committed the sin of denying the very existence of Lord Shri Ram,” he said. When construction of the temple began, he alleged, “they deployed an army of high-profile lawyers in the Supreme Court and created obstacles at every single step.”
The same remarks were carried by The News Mill. These are allegations made by the Chief Minister in a speech, and neither report gave a response from the opposition.
Gaushala modernisation claim
On cows, Dhami said “our government firmly believes that Gau Mata is not only central to our faith but also the foundation of our rural economy.” He added that “our government has focused on the modernisation of Gaushalas in the state, as well as on the daily provisions for care and feeding, such as fodder for Gau Mata.”
The reports did not give figures on gaushala funding, the number of shelters or the cost of the new building.
Background: the Sonia Gandhi memoir row
The speech followed Dhami’s remarks on Wednesday, when he said he would respond to Sonia Gandhi’s memoir after reading it and accused the Congress of appeasement and vote-bank politics, ANI reported. “The Congress ruled the country for 60 years, and all it did was work for vote-bank politics,” he told reporters.
NIS covered that exchange in its story on Dhami’s reply on the Sonia Gandhi memoir. His claim of a third straight BJP term is in the earlier report on Dhami’s 2027 election pitch. The remarks form part of the running Uttarakhand Assembly election 2027 storyline.
What happens next
No opposition reply to the Dhami Gau Seva charge had been reported when this story was written. NIS will add any response from the Congress or other parties here.
The remarks show how Uttarakhand's ruling BJP is framing cow protection and the Ram Mandir case against the Congress as the 2027 state election nears. The speech gave no gaushala figures, so the claim on modernisation cannot yet be checked against numbers.