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Dhami Honors Khatima Statehood Movement Martyrs, Announces Welfare Measures
Pushkar Singh Dhami visited Khatima to remember people who died while fighting for Uttarakhand to become a separate state.
He placed flowers at memorial statues and honoured the martyrs’ families.
Dhami said the state was created because many people worked and sacrificed for it.
He remembered seven activists who were killed in the Khatima firing incident.
He also praised women for their important role in the movement.
The government gives some activists and their families job reservations and monthly pensions.
Some injured, jailed and active activists also receive monthly payments.
Dhami said the government must work according to the hopes of the statehood movement participants.
Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami paid tribute to activists killed in the Khatima firing incident.
Dhami said Uttarakhand was created through years of struggle and sacrifices for a separate state.
He honoured martyrs’ families and remembered seven activists who died in the incident.
Eligible activists and dependants receive benefits including reservations, pensions, identity cards and free bus travel.
Dhami said more than 34,000 young people received government jobs through recruitment processes over five years.
- Who
- Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, statehood movement activists and their families.
- What
- Dhami paid tribute to martyrs of the Khatima firing incident and outlined welfare measures for identified activists and dependants.
- Where
- Khatima, Uttarakhand.
- When
- Tuesday; the articles do not specify the date.
- Why
- To honour those who sacrificed their lives for a separate Uttarakhand and discuss government support for activists and their families.
Key facts
- Event
- Tribute programme for Khatima statehood movement martyrs
- Chief minister
- Pushkar Singh Dhami
- Martyrs remembered
- Bhagwan Singh Sirola, Pratap Singh, Rampal, Salim Ahmed, Gopichand, Dharmanand Bhatt and Paramjit Singh
- Job reservation
- The 2023 Act provides eligible activists and dependants with 10% horizontal reservation in government jobs
- Martyr dependants’ pension
- Increased from ₹3,000 to ₹5,500 per month
- Other monthly support
- Injured or jailed activists receive ₹7,000, while active activists receive ₹5,500
- Women’s reservation
- The government provides 30% horizontal reservation for women in government jobs









