Will Repeal of Char Dham Act Help BJP Cut Losses Among Uttarakhand Priests?

BJP has been forced to take another major U-Turn ahead of polls, this time under pressure from temple priests.

Barely a day after the farm laws were repealed, the BJP took another major U-Turn in the run-up to the Assembly polls — the withdrawal of the Char Dham Devasthanam Board Act in Uttarakhand.

Popularly called the Char Dham law or the Devasthanam law, the Act brought over 50 temples – including the Chhota Char Dham temples of Gangotri, Yamnotri, Badrinath, and Kedarnath – under state control.

WHAT DID THE ACT ENTAIL?