CM Dhami at 37th Akhil Bharat Khelkud Samaroh in Ghaziabad
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Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami tuned in live on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, to the 37th Akhil Bharat Khelkud Samaroh — the All-India Sports Festival — being held in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, sharing the live broadcast with his followers on X.
A national festival with deep sporting roots
The Akhil Bharat Khelkud Samaroh (All-India Sports Festival) is one of India's established multi-sport gatherings, bringing together athletes from states and union territories in a showcase of grassroots sporting talent. Hosting the 37th edition in Ghaziabad places Uttar Pradesh at the centre of a competition that spans decades of domestic sporting culture. For participating athletes — many of whom use such national platforms as a stepping stone toward higher competition — the event carries real weight.
Why a Uttarakhand CM is watching a UP event
Chief ministers attending or amplifying national sports festivals signal more than goodwill. Uttarakhand fields its own contingent at multi-state competitions, and CM Dhami's public engagement with the live broadcast underlines the state government's stated interest in sports development and in tracking how Uttarakhand's athletes perform against the national field. State sports bodies and local coaches often look to such visibility as a cue for continued government backing.
Across India, state governments have increasingly used national-level sporting events as platforms to announce or reinforce sports infrastructure spending — from academies to talent-identification schemes. Whether Uttarakhand follows the event with fresh sports policy moves is the question worth watching.