During the inauguration of a newly built gaushala, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami threatened those involved in cow slaughter, whom he referred to as “anti-social elements and jihadis,” with such strict action that their “seven generations” would not dare commit such a “sin.” Referring to a recent Congress rally in Haldwani, Dhami alleged that “jihadi” slogans were raised and that liquor bottles and other waste left the Ramleela ground “defiled” and polluted. He claimed the ground was subsequently cleaned and purified through a ‘shuddhikaran havan’ by Shri Ram Sena, and accused Congress leaders of later claiming that the purification had been carried out against Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge.