At a charged public gathering in Srinagar, Pauri Garhwal on Saturday, 31 October 2026, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami drew a sharp battle line against the Congress party, accusing it of spreading 'confusion, anarchy, and disorder' in the state under the cover of its ongoing Nyay Yatra campaign.

Speaking at the 'Loktantra Bachao, Arajkta Hatao' ('Save Democracy, Remove Anarchy') programme, Dhami addressed what he called devatulya janta — the 'godlike public' — and struck an unambiguous tone: his government is working around the clock on development and good governance, while the opposition, he charged, is manufacturing disruption.

The 'Double Engine' Case vs. the Nyay Yatra

Dhami leaned hard on the BJP's signature 'double engine government' argument — the idea that an aligned state and central government multiplies delivery for citizens. He contrasted that model directly with what he described as the Congress's destabilising agenda, framing the Nyay Yatra not as a legitimate campaign but as an exercise in spreading misinformation across Uttarakhand.

The Congress launched the Nyay Yatra to spotlight issues of justice and alleged failures of the ruling dispensation. Dhami's pushback was blunt: before marching for justice in the state, Congress must first account to the people for the 'corruption, scams, and anti-public actions' of its own tenure in power.

Old Allegations, New Political Theatre

The attack draws from a well-worn BJP playbook in Uttarakhand. Since the 2022 assembly election — which the BJP won, returning Dhami to power — the ruling party has consistently invoked Congress-era governance failures as a contrast frame whenever the opposition mounts an agitation or yatra. Pre-2017 Congress governments in the state faced repeated opposition charges of large-scale corruption, and those allegations have never fully left the political conversation.

The Srinagar event itself — in a constituency that sits within the politically sensitive Pauri Garhwal district — signals the BJP is not content to let the Nyay Yatra gain narrative ground without a direct counter-mobilisation on the ground.

Eyes on 2027 as the Clock Starts Ticking

The timing matters. The next Uttarakhand assembly elections are due in 2027, and both sides are already in pre-poll positioning mode. The Congress Nyay Yatra is designed to build a grassroots justice narrative ahead of that contest. Dhami's counter-rally in Pauri Garhwal is an early signal that the BJP intends to contest that narrative aggressively — city by city, valley by valley — before it takes root.

If Congress can turn its yatra into momentum, and if Dhami's government can sustain its development pitch at the district level, the next eighteen months in Uttarakhand will be some of the most fiercely contested political terrain in the Hindi heartland. The opening salvo has been fired.