Overview

• On July 5, 2025, Dhami personally puddled, levelled and transplanted paddy seedlings in his Nagra Terai field in Khatima.
• He lauded farmers as the backbone of Uttarakhand’s economy and carriers of cultural traditions.
• Through the Hudkiya Baul folk ritual, he offered prayers to Bhoomiya, Indra and Megh to invoke blessings for the monsoon harvest.
• The hands-on engagement in the fields evoked his own early memories of agricultural work in Khatima.
• The event marks a novel political gesture in Uttarakhand as previous chief ministers have not directly joined farming activities.