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Rishabh Pant asks Uttarakhand CM to help him buy land, shift base
India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has appealed to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for help acquiring land in the state, saying he wants to move his base from Delhi. In a post…
The Story in Brief
India wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant has appealed to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for help acquiring land in the state, saying he wants to move his base from Delhi. In a post on X around midnight on Saturday, Pant said he has been trying for three years to find a suitable plot but described the process as a 'nightmare' due to lack of clarity.
Pant clarified he is not asking for a free gift but wants to buy land from the government at applicable rates. His request comes days after he was named Uttarakhand's highest individual taxpayer for 2025-26, having paid Rs 23.84 crore in income tax. The 28-year-old is currently in Sri Lanka with the Indian Test team.
The Indian Opinion
Pant's midnight plea may seem like an odd way to buy land, but it exposes a real problem: even a celebrity with deep pockets struggles with land acquisition in his own state. The jokes about grammatical errors miss the point. If the system is so opaque that a star cricketer needs to tag the CM on social media to get a straight answer, ordinary citizens must be completely lost. The test is whether Dhami's office responds with more than a photo op.
Sources (5): timesofindia.indiatimes.com, sports.ndtv.com, sports.ndtv.com (2), english.mathrubhumi.com, timesnownews.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 5 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 5 sources.
