# Dhami hits back at Akhilesh for calling Uttarakhandis ‘intruders’ 2026-10-24T11:11:15+00:00 | Politics | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 2 independent outlets Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday, 24 October, condemned Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav for calling Uttarakhandis 'intruders'. Dhami said the remark insults the dignity and struggle of Uttarakhand's people, and recalled the 1990s Rampur Tiraha firing on statehood agitators during the chief ministership of Akhilesh's father, Mulayam Singh Yadav. Akhilesh had on Sunday, 25 October, called Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath an 'intruder' from Uttarakhand and demanded he be sent back. Dhami questioned whether the Congress, an INDIA bloc ally of the SP, supports Akhilesh's statement, and demanded an answer from the party. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Both tv9hindi.com and aajtak.in report Dhami's rebuttal in near-identical wire-style language, with no editorial slant from either outlet. Both lead with Dhami's strong counter-attack, foreground his reference to the Rampur Tiraha firing, and reproduce his challenge to Congress. Neither outlet adds context, omits Akhilesh's original remark, or frames the exchange as a partisan attack. The coverage is uniform straight reporting. The story leaves open whether Congress will respond to Dhami's demand for a clarification on its stand. ## Coverage Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral - tv9hindi.com (neutral report) Straight reporting of Dhami's response with no added slant - aajtak.in (neutral report) Straight news agency style report, no editorialising This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry. Tags: Akhilesh Yadav, Congress, Pushkar Singh Dhami, Samajwadi Party, Uttarakhand Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/dhami-hits-back-at-akhilesh-for-calling-uttarakhandis-intruders/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/dhami-hits-back-at-akhilesh-for-calling-uttarakhandis-intruders/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/