Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on Tuesday said the Devasthanam Board will not be permitted to harm the interest of priests and 'hak-hakookdharis' at any cost. A delegation of pilgrimage priests of Kedarnath and Badrinath, led by Devprayag MLA Vinod Kandari and Ex Kedarnath MLA Shailarani Rawat, met Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at his residence here on Tuesday. It was last month that a body of priests wrote to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Dhami, demanding decommission of Devasthanam board.

Senior BJP leader Manohar Kant Dhyani has been asked to submit his recommendations to the state government only after listening to pilgrimage priests  and knowing their apprehensions, Dhami said. He added, ''The state government will listen to all stakeholders and address their concerns. The Devasthanam Board will not be allowed to hurt the interest of teerth purohits, hak hakookdharis, and Panda Sama.'' ''There should be no communication gap. A solution will be found through talks. All doubts will be addressed and amendments made wherever required,'' he told the delegation.

Before the implementation of Badrinath's master plan begins, everyone concerned will be heard, he assured.Teerth purohits, hak hakookdharis, and members of Panda Samaj have been agitating for months demanding the dissolution of the Devasthanam Board, saying it infringes upon their rights.

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