Opinion | Yogi formula: Refrain from violence, or face action
India TV NewsOn Thursday, the Supreme Court gave three days’ time to UP government to file its replies to the petition filed by Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind seeking stay on further demolitions in the state. Meanwhile, UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has instructed all district collectors and SSPs to hold peace meeting with maulanas, imams and ulema, and ensure that no violence takes place after this week’s Friday prayers in mosques. Yogi has instructed senior police officers to speak to top citizens of civil society in their cities and take the help of clerics to persuade people not to stage protests after Friday prayers. It may be recalled that similar peace meetings were held after June 3 Friday violence in Kanpur, but a week later, on June 10, fresh incidents of stone pelting took place in Prayagraj, Saharanpur and Moradabad after Friday prayers. People should abstain from damaging public properties.” Maulana Hanif Qadri told the peace committee meeting that Muslims are facing trouble because of their tendency to go to the streets.
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