# Over 2.67 lakh Uttarakhand students submit essays to CM Dhami 2026-08-26T05:51:17+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet More than 2.67 lakh Class 11 and 12 students in Uttarakhand have submitted essays to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami under the "My Dream Uttarakhand" campaign, accounting for over 90% of the state's 2,96,426 senior secondary pupils. Students wrote on tourism, jobs, social development, forests, education, health and technology after being invited at the August 10 "Yuva Vidyarthi Manthan". Five districts recorded full participation, while Dehradun sent 47,358 entries from 63,666 students. A team of experts and Dhami are now reviewing the submissions. Separately, the Uttarakhand BJP has appointed eight state spokespersons, including Anukriti Gusain, daughter-in-law of senior Congress leader Harak Singh Rawat. State media in-charge Manveer Singh Chauhan said the expansion aims to sharpen media outreach. Meanwhile, students from Kumaon's border villages met Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd) on Monday after returning from an Operation Sadbhavana National Integration Tour organised by the Army. The governor advised them to preserve photographs and dream of top Army leadership. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The 90% response rate to the essay campaign shows unusually high engagement for a government outreach initiative, but the real test will be how many suggestions actually become policy. The BJP's appointment of Anukriti Gusain as a spokesperson is a strategic political move: she is the daughter-in-law of Harak Singh Rawat, a senior Congress leader who joined the BJP in 2021 and is now a Rajya Sabha member. This signals the party is trying to deepen its reach in regions where Rawat still has influence. The Army's Sadbhavana tour for border-area students is a longstanding confidence-building measure in sensitive Kumaon villages near the China border. The state government is expected to announce follow-up action on the essay campaign by end of September. ## Coverage - newindianexpress.com Straight news reporting of three separate events without any discernible slant This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Anukriti Gusain, BJP, Harak Singh Rawat, Pushkar Singh Dhami, Uttarakhand Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/over-2-67-lakh-uttarakhand-students-submit-essays-to-cm-dhami/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/over-2-67-lakh-uttarakhand-students-submit-essays-to-cm-dhami/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report 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. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/