Friday, 03 September 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
The chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid homage to the martyrs of the statehood movement in Mussoorie on Thursday. Offering floral tributes, he said that Bemati Chauhan, Hansa Dhanai, Balbeer Singh Negi, Dhanpat Singh, Madan Mohan Mamgain and Rai Singh Bangari laid down their lives in the Mussoorie shooting incident for a separate state of Uttarakhand. He said that his government would take forward the state on the lines on the objectives on which the statehood activists had demanded a separate state. The CM said that the responsibilities of officers at every level have been fixed for fast disposal of public issues. The government is focussing on simplification, solution and disposal for issues of the general public, he said. The CM said that a review petition would be filed against the order of the High Court (HC) on removal of statehood activists from government service. He assured that proper arrangements would be made for jobs to the statehood activists in industrial units.
The Union minister of state for tourism and defence, Ajay Bhatt said that Uttarakhand owes its genesis to the sacrifices of statehood activists. He said that Uttarakhand is on the fast track of development under the leadership of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami. Bhatt added that Dhami is moving ahead on the footprints of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take the state forward.
The cabinet minister Ganesh Joshi also spoke on the occasion. He said that efforts for rehabilitation of Shifan Court residents are being made and soon a solution would be worked out.
Former MLA Jot Singh Gunsola, chairman of Mussoorie municipality Anuj Gupta and others were present on the occasion.
