Overview
- Harish Singh Dhami, a Congress MLA, threw a microphone and verbally abused sound staff after saying his microphone was switched off at the Jauljibi fair on Saturday, November 14, 2026.
- Video of the outburst circulated widely on social media and became the basis for news reports that increased public attention to the episode.
- Supporters joined the stage disturbance and police at the venue stepped in to contain the situation, with no widely corroborated reports of arrests or formal charges so far.
- Dhami used the confrontation to call Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami a "coward" and to challenge him to contest from the Dharchula constituency, prompting sharp criticism from BJP leaders and calls for an FIR from local party figures.
- One outlet reported more violent acts, including that Dhami picked up a chair and grabbed a person by the collar, but that claim remains single-sourced and is not corroborated by the other reports.