Kanpur violence: Mayawati asks UP authorities to take motion by ‘rising above faith, caste’
By PTI
LUCKNOW: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati Saturday attacked the state authorities over the violence and stone-pelting in Kanpur, asking the BJP dispensation to take motion in opposition to the culprits “by rising above religion, caste and party politics”.
Her assertion got here after violence broke out in Kanpur on Friday, a day when President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attended a operate on the president’s ancestral village in Kanpur Dehat.
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Bombs had been hurled and gunshots fired throughout the violence as members of a gaggle tried to close outlets over alleged insulting remarks made by BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma throughout a tv debate just lately, a senior police official stated.
In a tweet Saturday, Mayawati stated, “Riots and violence that erupted in Kanpur throughout the go to of the president and the prime minister to Uttar Pradesh may be very unhappy, unlucky and worrying and likewise an indication of the failure of the police intelligence.
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“The government has to understand that in the absence of law and order, how investment and development are possible in the state?” she stated.
She stated the federal government ought to take strict authorized motion in opposition to the culprits “by rising above religion, caste and party politics and conduct an independent and impartial high-level inquiry”.
She additionally appealed to individuals to keep away from provocative speeches and preserve regulation and order, and peace.
According to senior police officers, the state of affairs in Kanpur is beneath management on Saturday morning, however heavy police pressure has been deployed within the violence-hit areas.
Police have initiated investigation and arrested at the very least 18 individuals.
