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Rishabh Pant seeks Uttarakhand land, CM Dhami assures help
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has publicly asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for help buying land in the state to build his first house and relocate from Delhi. In two posts…
The Story in Brief
India wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant has publicly asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for help buying land in the state to build his first house and relocate from Delhi. In two posts on X late on August 7, Pant said he had been trying for nearly three years but could find nothing suitable. He offered to purchase government land at official rates rather than accept it as a gift.
CM Dhami responded on Saturday, calling Pant the pride of Uttarakhand and directing officials to assist him according to rules. Pant, who hails from the state but plays domestic cricket for Delhi, recently became Uttarakhand's highest individual taxpayer, paying Rs 23.84 crore for 2025-26. He is currently in Sri Lanka with India A.
The Indian Opinion
This episode risks being read as yet another instance of a celebrity getting special treatment from a state government. But Pant explicitly said he wants to buy land at official rates, not take a gift, so the charge of favouritism is weak. On the other hand, as Telangana Today notes, his family already owns a house in Roorkee, making the public plea seem unusually theatrical. The real test will be whether the bureaucracy processes his application exactly as it would any other citizen's, or whether a cricketer's name speeds things up.
Sources (6): rediff.com, telanganatoday.com, ndtvprofit.com, sports.ndtv.com, ndtvprofit.com (2), thehindu.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 6 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 6 sources.
