Reacting strongly against Kasganj violence that led to death of a youth, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Sunday said that law and order situation had deteriorated under the leadership of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and government failed to control the tense situation in Kasganj.
‘’Recent Kasganj violence shows failure of state government to control the situation. In the violence, a youth was killed, two persons injured, vehicles torched and shops vandalised but the authorities claim that situation was under control,’’ BSP president said. Mayawati, the four times UP chief minister said even after nearly 72 hours there is no let up in the violence in Kasganj.
Mayawati in a statement issued here on Sunday alleged that the jungle law prevails in all the BJP ruled states. She said situation is so bad in several BJP ruled states that the witness fears for their life to appear in courts to give evidence. She alleged that the UP chief minister Yogi Adfityanath is himself responsible for creating jungle raj in the state by withdrawing pending criminal cases against the BJP leaders.
Mayawati said that violent incidents occurred after the release of ‘Padmaavat’ movie but till date Yogi Government had not taken any stringent actions against the accused. law and order situation has deteriorated in BJP ruled states—Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, which reveals that the claims about development made by BJP were fake, she asserted in a statement.
BSP president said the ambivalent attitude of the BJP ruled states in curbing the violence against the screening of the film Rs Padmavat’ has proved that the BJP wants to keep the caste and communal cauldron boiling for its narrow political objectives.
The clashes erupted on Friday after stones were allegedly pelted on the motorcycle rally taken out by Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad workers on the Republic Day. In the violence, a youth identified as Chandan Gupta was killed.