Archive · 30 Aug 2026
Uttarakhand Congress Plans FIRs Over Haldwani Purification Ritual
Congress held a rally in Haldwani on August 8.
After the rally, a purification ritual was reportedly performed at the venue.
Congress says it will file police complaints in districts across Uttarakhand.
The complaints will be filed on Monday.
The party also plans a large protest in Dehradun on September 7.
Senior Congress leader Kumari Selja is expected to attend.
Uttarakhand opposition leader Yashpal Arya confirmed the planned actions.
The dispute is about what happened at the rally site after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge spoke there.
Uttarakhand Congress will file FIRs across all districts on Monday.
The action concerns a reported purification ritual at Haldwani’s Ramlila Ground.
The ritual followed Mallikarjun Kharge’s Congress rally there on August 8.
Congress will stage a major protest in Dehradun on September 7.
Kumari Selja and Yashpal Arya confirmed or are expected to join programmes.
- Who
- The Uttarakhand Pradesh Congress Committee, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Kumari Selja and Yashpal Arya.
- What
- Congress plans to file FIRs across Uttarakhand and hold a protest over a reported purification ritual.
- When
- The ritual reportedly followed Kharge’s rally on August 8; FIRs are planned for Monday and the protest for September 7.
- Where
- The reported ritual took place at Haldwani’s Ramlila Ground; the protest will be held in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
- Why
- Congress is responding to the reported purification carried out after Kharge’s rally, following an AICC decision and directions.
- State
- Uttarakhand
- Reported ritual site
- Ramlila Ground, Haldwani
- Rally date
- August 8
- Planned legal action
- FIRs at multiple locations across all Uttarakhand districts
- Planned protest
- Major protest in Dehradun on September 7
- Party decision
- The programmes follow the decision and directions of the All India Congress Committee
- Confirmed by
- Yashpal Arya, Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Assembly