{"id":9623,"date":"2026-10-01T06:48:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?p=9623"},"modified":"2026-10-01T06:48:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:48:23","slug":"political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/","title":{"rendered":"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP<\/p>\n<p>Dehradun, Oct 1<\/p>\n<p>It was politics with a difference. While it speaks volumes about political decency but on the other hand it became embarrassing for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), today. It was the visit of Senior Uttarakhand Congress vice-President Suryakant Dhasmana to the residence of Vijay park councillor Amita Singh which attracted the attention of the people.<\/p>\n<p>Although being in opposite camps, politically, Suryakant Dhasmana showing decency, decorum and good will visited Amita Singh and her family who had been under trauma. Suryakant Dhasmana visited the Balliwala Chowk residence of senior BJP leader and Vijay Park Councilor \u00a0Amita Singh this afternoon to inquire about the well-being of her family.<\/p>\n<p>It is noteworthy that on the night of the previous Tuesday, a domestic help employed at \u00a0Amita Singh&#8217;s home had spiked the family&#8217;s dinner with a sedative. All family members fell unconscious, after which the servant fled with valuables, including jewellery, cash, and mobile phones. The servant had first ensured that everyone was in a deep sleep before carrying out this heinous act. Amita Singh informed that she had hired the servant as a cook some time ago through a Delhi-based agency.<\/p>\n<p>Expressing deep concern over this distressing incident, Suryakant Dhasmana spoke to Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Parmendra Singh Dobhal over the phone and demanded the immediate arrest of the culprits. The SSP assured that the police would arrest the culprits and solve the case quickly, regardless of the circumstances. He also urged the Station House Officer (SHO) of Vasant Vihar police station to ensure effective action.<\/p>\n<p>It was an embarrassing moment for the BJP leaders and workers present there as Suryakant Dhasmana took to task the BJP government over the deteriorating law and order situation in the entire state particularly in the capital city of Dehradun. He remarked that the rising number of such incidents in the capital is extremely worrying and added that the police should also verify the agencies that facilitate the hiring of domestic help.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP Dehradun, Oct 1 It was politics with a difference. While it speaks volumes about political decency but on the other hand it became embarrassing for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), today. It was the visit of Senior Uttarakhand Congress vice-President Suryakant Dhasmana to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[92,33,1284,91,56,59],"tags":[4329,4330,2540,124],"class_list":["post-9623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-international","category-international-political-national","category-national","category-politics","category-uttarakhand","tag-amita-singh-bjp-councillor","tag-ssp-dehradun-parmendra-dobhal","tag-suryakantdhasmanaseniorvice-presidentuttarakhandcongress","tag-uttarakhand-bjp"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP - Northern Gazette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP - Northern Gazette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Northern Gazette\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-01T13:48:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sury-amita.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Northern Gazette Desk\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Northern Gazette Desk\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Northern Gazette Desk\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d8ec7be5e8a9073ea862e9fa63c11c4\"},\"headline\":\"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-01T13:48:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/\"},\"wordCount\":356,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sury-amita.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"Amita Singh BJP Councillor\",\"SSP Dehradun Parmendra Dobhal\",\"SuryakantDhasmanaSeniorVice-PresidentUttarakhandCongress\",\"Uttarakhand BJP\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"International\",\"international, political, national\",\"National\",\"Politics\",\"Uttarakhand\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/\",\"name\":\"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP - Northern Gazette\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sury-amita.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-01T13:48:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d8ec7be5e8a9073ea862e9fa63c11c4\"},\"description\":\"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sury-amita.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sury-amita.jpeg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":900,\"caption\":\"Suryakant Dhasmana at the residence of BJP Councillor Amita Singh on Thursday in Dehradun.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/\",\"name\":\"Northern Gazette\",\"description\":\"News Portal\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d8ec7be5e8a9073ea862e9fa63c11c4\",\"name\":\"The Northern Gazette Desk\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db6635bc2f75f96f9a9838ca969d33cb70394750f7d4c8f35adef1a0058200c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db6635bc2f75f96f9a9838ca969d33cb70394750f7d4c8f35adef1a0058200c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db6635bc2f75f96f9a9838ca969d33cb70394750f7d4c8f35adef1a0058200c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Northern Gazette Desk\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/author\/the-northern-gazette-desk\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP - Northern Gazette","description":"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP - Northern Gazette","og_description":"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP","og_url":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/","og_site_name":"Northern Gazette","article_published_time":"2026-10-01T13:48:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sury-amita.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"The Northern Gazette Desk","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Northern Gazette Desk","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/"},"author":{"name":"The Northern Gazette Desk","@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d8ec7be5e8a9073ea862e9fa63c11c4"},"headline":"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP","datePublished":"2026-10-01T13:48:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/"},"wordCount":356,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sury-amita.jpeg","keywords":["Amita Singh BJP Councillor","SSP Dehradun Parmendra Dobhal","SuryakantDhasmanaSeniorVice-PresidentUttarakhandCongress","Uttarakhand BJP"],"articleSection":["Featured","International","international, political, national","National","Politics","Uttarakhand"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/","url":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/","name":"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP - Northern Gazette","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sury-amita.jpeg","datePublished":"2026-10-01T13:48:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d8ec7be5e8a9073ea862e9fa63c11c4"},"description":"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sury-amita.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sury-amita.jpeg","width":1600,"height":900,"caption":"Suryakant Dhasmana at the residence of BJP Councillor Amita Singh on Thursday in Dehradun."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/01\/political-decency-by-congress-leader-suryakant-dhasmana-becomes-embarrassment-for-bjp\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Political decency by Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana becomes embarrassment for BJP"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/","name":"Northern Gazette","description":"News Portal","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4d8ec7be5e8a9073ea862e9fa63c11c4","name":"The Northern Gazette Desk","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db6635bc2f75f96f9a9838ca969d33cb70394750f7d4c8f35adef1a0058200c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db6635bc2f75f96f9a9838ca969d33cb70394750f7d4c8f35adef1a0058200c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/db6635bc2f75f96f9a9838ca969d33cb70394750f7d4c8f35adef1a0058200c6?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"The Northern Gazette Desk"},"url":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/author\/the-northern-gazette-desk\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9625,"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9623\/revisions\/9625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenortherngazette.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}