Violence involving right wing Hindu organisations from various parts of Uttar Pradesh is proving to be an embarrassment for the Yogi Adityanath government.
The volatile situation even forced chief minister Yogi Adityanath to send a clear message of ‘zero tolerance’ on law and order front.
The Saharanpur violence on Friday was latest in the series of incidents that have rocked the state after the BJP formed the government in U.P.
Led by local MP Raghav Lakhanpal, BJP workers took out a ‘shobha yatra’ in Sadak Dudhli village on April 20 to mark the birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar without seeking permission from the district administration.
Violence broke out after members of the Muslim community pelted the procession with stones. BJP workers retaliated by setting shops on fire, damaged the divisional commissioner’s car and also attacked the residence-cum-camp office of Saharanpur senior superintendent of police, Luv Kumar.
After the CM took a tough stand on the issue, an FIR was lodged against BJP workers and eight people were arrested on Monday.
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