While communal violence marred Ram Navami celebrations throughout a number of states, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that no such incident happened within the state, regardless of the Hindu pageant coinciding with the holy month of Ramzan.
“Ram Navami was just celebrated. A 25-crore population lives in Uttar Pradesh. There were 800 Ram Navami processions across the state and simultaneously, this is the month of Ramzan and many roza iftar programmes must have been on. But there was not even any ‘tu tu main main’ (squabbling) anywhere, forget riots,” Adityanath stated at an occasion in Lucknow on Tuesday.
“This is a symbol of UP’s new development agenda. There is no space for riots, lawlessness or goondagardi anymore,” he stated.
The remarks got here in context of clashes that broke out throughout the Ram Navami celebrations on Sunday in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Jharkhand, which claimed two lives and left a number of injured.
Incidents of stone pelting and arson had been reported on Sunday and Monday in Himmatnagar of Gujarat’s Sabarkantha and clashes broke out between communities in Khambhat and Himmatnagar. A curfew below Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) is at the moment in place in Himmatnagar.
In Madhya Pradesh’s Khargone, there was arson and violence after stones had been thrown at a Ram Navami procession passing by way of a Muslim-dominated a part of the city. The police have thus far arrested 94 folks and “illegal” homes and outlets of the accused have been bulldozed by the authorities.
Source: www.financialexpress.com”