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Harish Singh Dhami

Congress MLA for Dharchula, Uttarakhand
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Harish Singh Dhami is an Indian politician from Uttarakhand who represents the Dharchula seat in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly for the Indian National Congress. He is a three-term member of the assembly.

He was first elected from Dharchula in 2012 and served on the assembly’s Public Accounts Committee, Committee on Petitions, Committee on Estimates and Committee on SC, ST and OBC. In 2014 he vacated the seat for Harish Rawat, who was then Chief Minister. From 2014 to 2017 he chaired Van Vikas Nigam with cabinet minister rank. He won the seat back in 2017 and was re-elected in 2022.

He is in the news after the Jauljibi Fair in Pithoragarh on 14 November 2026. PTI reported that he allegedly vandalised a stage there after he was denied a chance to speak in the presence of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, who had inaugurated the fair. The BJP condemned the language used from the stage and said its district unit would block cultural programmes at the fair if no FIR was filed by Sunday afternoon. The reports reviewed do not say whether police had registered a case. He is a different person from the Chief Minister, who shares his surname.

Sources: Wikipedia, ThePrint (PTI report)

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15 November 2026 Harish Dhami challenge to Uttarakhand CM: Congress MLA alleges corruption, seeks by-election after fair row The Dharchula MLA said he is ready for any legal case, while the BJP had set a Sunday afternoon deadline for an FIR over the stage ruckus. 6
15 November 2026 Harish Dhami mic row: Congress MLA allegedly vandalises Jauljibi fair stage, BJP demands FIR The BJP's Pithoragarh unit has set a Sunday deadline for an FIR, saying it will otherwise block cultural programmes at the fair. 5
Latest in 3 lines On 15 November 2026 Harish Dhami told ANI he has never been involved in corruption and dared Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to face a by-election. The BJP demanded an FIR over the stage row and set a Sunday afternoon deadline, and the reports reviewed do not say whether police registered a case. On 14 November 2026 the Dharchula MLA allegedly vandalised a stage at the Jauljibi Fair in Pithoragarh after being denied a chance to speak in the chief minister's presence, PTI reported. AI summary · refreshed 15 November 2026, 2:02 am IST

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Pushkar Singh Dhami 2 Jauljibi Fair 2 Pithoragarh 2 Dharchula 2 Indian National Congress 2 Bharatiya Janata Party 2