Hitting back at the opposition for stalling the proceedings of the legislature over law and order, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Wednesday that Bulandshahr incident was a "political conspiracy" hatched by those who had lost political ground.
Yogi said that the state government should be praised and thanked for whatever steps were taken in the Bulandshahr incident in which an inspector was killed by mob over cow slaughter allegations on December 3.
The entire Question Hour was washed out in both Houses amid bedlam on Wednesday.
Samajwadi Party and Congress members indulged in sloganeering over various issues, including plight of farmers and deteriorating law and order in the state, leading to repeated adjournments.
Later, the Chief Minister told media persons, "Those who are giving unnecessary statements are doing it to conceal their failures, instead, they should applaud and thank the state government."
Yogi had earlier referred to the killing of inspector as a 'durghatna' (mishap)."It was a political conspiracy which has been exposed... peace and order will be maintained at all cost. The administration and government have repulsed the designs of conspirators sternly," Yogi said.
"This is a conspiracy by the same people who were trying to take innocent lives by manufacturing illicit liquor. This was a political conspiracy which was plotted by cowards who cannot take a challenge head on. Feeling threatened, they are embracing each other and want to target innocents. This will not be allowed. Those wanting to create unrest by killing cows have been stopped. There will be rule of law in the state at any cost," the Chief Minister said.Meanwhile, three persons were arrested for cow slaughter in Bulandshahr on Tuesday. Two more were earlier arrested for the mob violence but the prime accused in inspector Subodh Kumar Singh's killing is still on the lam.
On Wednesday. the Inspector's widow and son sought to know why were the killers being spared.
In the aftermath of Bulandshahr violence, Yogi Adityanath has been criticised for focusing more on cow slaughter in meetings with senior officials instead of the inspector's murder.