DEHRADUN, Aug. 9 -- Cricketer Rishabh Pant has publicly sought Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami's intervention to help him acquire land in Uttarakhand, expressing his wish to shift base from Delhi and build his first home in his native state. In his tweets addressed to CM Dhami, Pant said he had been trying for three years without any success and requested that the Government either facilitate the process or even consider allocating land as a gesture, though he was willing to purchase it at Government rates.

Responding to Pant's appeal also through a tweet, CM Dhami assured him of assistance, calling him the pride of Uttarakhand and lauding his desire to return and contribute to his homeland. Dhami stated that senior officials have bee...