Dehradun, Dec. 24 -- Garhwal Post Bureau

Dehradun, 23 Dec: Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami today paid tribute to the late Indramani Badoni on the occasion of his birth anniversary. On this occasion, the CM recalled the seminal role played by Badoni in the statehood agitation. In a message issued on the eve of Badoni's birth anniversary, the CM said that Badoni had made an invaluable contribution to the struggle for statehood and that his active participation in the Uttarakhand statehood movement would always be remembered with deep respect.

Dhami stated that Badoni was one of the principal architects of the 1994 statehood movement and emerged as a guiding force during a crucial phase of the agitation. He described Badoni as a torchbe...