Dehradun, Feb. 12 -- Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Wednesday said that if an investigation finds irregularities in land allotment case in Dhaulas area near Premnagar of Dehradun, the said land will be vested in the state government. Talking to reporters in Dehradun, Dhami said, "Congress has always prioritised appeasement politics. The repeated references to demographic change and a Muslim university point towards a larger conspiracy. The land allotment in Dhaulas is a clear example of this. Orders have been issued to investigate the entire matter, and if any irregularities are found, the land will be taken over by the state government." The controversy centres around a 20-acre parcel of agricultural land in Dhaulas (near Premnagar) in Dehradun district, which was allotted at concessional rates by the then ND Tiwari-led Congress government (2004) to the Sheikhul Hind Education Charitable Trust for establishing a minority educational institution. When the proposed project failed to materialise, the matter reached the state high court, which permitted the sale of the land but only as agricultural land and without any change in land use. However, a preliminary probe by the Dehradun district administration has revealed that the land was allegedly sold to 15 individuals, who further subdivided it into residential plots and sold them to around 80 buyers, according to officials aware of the matter. Senior Congress leader and former chief minister Harish Rawat dismissed the allegations levelled by the CM Dhami led-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, calling them politically motivated. "A land allotment from 2004 is now being portrayed as a Muslim university and demographic change. The BJP has been in power multiple times since 2004. If something was wrong, why did they remain silent till 2026?" Rawat said. He claimed that most buyers of the subdivided plots were Hindus, including teachers, former soldiers and people from hill districts, and said the issue was being communalised to divert attention from governance failures. "This is less about legality and more about political exploitation. Inflation, unemployment, corruption, migration, rising crimes, wildlife attacks in the hills, all real issues are being ignored while communal rhetoric is being used for political cover," Rawat said. State BJP spokesperson Vinod Chamoli said the land allotment raised serious national security concerns, citing the proximity of the land allotted to the Indian Military Academy (IMA). "The disputed land was allotted during the Tiwari government, ignoring security concerns and the presence of IMA in the area. Now attempts are being made to settle people from a particular community there. This is a serious matter," Chamoli said. Meanwhile, acting on the chief minister's directions, the Dehradun district administration has taken serious cognisance of the alleged irregular sale of agricultural land by the Sheikhul Hind Education Charitable Trust in Hariyawala, Dhaulas. District magistrate (DM) Savin Bansal constituted a joint administrative team, led by additional district magistrate (finance and revenue) KK Mishra, to conduct a site inspection and physical measurement of the land in Dhaulas village....