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Rishabh Pant seeks Uttarakhand land, CM assures help
Rishabh Pant, the India wicketkeeper-batter, has asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for help to buy land in the hills and build his first house. In a social media post from…
The Story in Brief
Rishabh Pant, the India wicketkeeper-batter, has asked Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami for help to buy land in the hills and build his first house. In a social media post from Sri Lanka, where he is on tour, Pant said he had been trying for three years to shift his base from Delhi. CM Dhami replied that Pant is the pride of the state and directed officials to assist him as per rules. Pant, who paid Rs 23.84 crore in taxes in 2025-26, is the highest individual taxpayer from Uttarakhand. He said he is willing to buy the land at official rates, not seek it as a gift.
The Indian Opinion
The cricketer's public plea for land may seem unusual for a man earning crores, but he has offered to pay government rates. Some will call it a celebrity privilege, yet Pant's willingness to engage openly and his stated desire to contribute to his home state are hard to fault. The real test is whether the bureaucracy delivers a clean, rule-based process or whether this becomes a precedent for favours. Will Pant's first Uttarakhand house actually spur local investment, or remain a one-off gesture?
Sources (2): rediff.com, telanganatoday.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
