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21Jul

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Plea Filed In Supreme Court Against UP Govt’s Order On Kanwar Yatra Eateries

A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the Uttar Pradesh government's orders to eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their owners at their outlets. The Supreme Court will hear the petition, filed by the Association for Protection of Civil Rights, against the UP government's directive on Monday (July 22). A bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy and Justice SVN Bhatti is likely to hear the petition in the controversial move on Monday. Source link

19Jul

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Kanwar Yatra Row: NDA Ally Chirag Paswan Joins Chorus Against UP Advisory On Display Of Names

Kanwar Yatra row: Amidst the simmering row over the display of owners' names outside their respective food shops, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday mandated that all eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route in the western state have to display the names of their owners. This came after the Muzaffarnagar Police on Thursday issued a fresh advisory making it voluntary to display names, after receiving backlash. After the UP CM made it mandatory to display the names, a massive political outrage has been trigerred with leaders from not just the opposition but the NDA as well, claiming that the order will create a divide. According to the statement from UP CM's office, a 'nameplate' will have to be put on the food shops on the Kanwar routes a...

18Jul

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Kanwar Yatra Row: In Fresh Advisory, Muzaffarnagar Police Asks Eatery Owners To ‘Display Names

A day after row erupted over displaying owners' names for eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route, Muzaffarnagar Police on Thursday issued a fresh advisory, making it "voluntary" to display names. In a post on X, the police said its intention was not to create any sort of religion-based discrimination but only to ensure the devotees passing through the district do no face any problem and to prevent any untoward situation. The Muzaffarnagar police had earlier ordered all the eateries to display their names, but the move received backlash as it was seen as a way of targeting Muslim traders. Congress spokesperson had called the order a state-sponsored bigotry, while Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav asked the court to take suo motu congnizance of the matte...

18Jul

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Kanwar Yatra: UP Police Triggers ‘Anti-Muslim’ Row With ‘Display Names’ Diktat In Muzaffarnagar

A row erupted after Uttar Pradesh police asked eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route in Muzaffarnagar to display their owners’ names, with Opposition linking the move to “apartheid” in South Africa and “Judenboycott” in Hitler’s Germany. Kanwar Yatra is set to commence on July 22. In preparation for the procession, police in the Muzaffarnagar district issued an order asking all eateries on the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their owners prominently outside their establishments. The move was seen by the opposition parties as targeting Muslim traders. After the directive was issued, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav asked the judiciary to take suo motu cognizance of the matter to probe the "intention of the government" behind the move. "…and wh...

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After Muzaffarnagar debacle, Sangeet Som absolves self of any role in Balyan’s defeat | India News – Times of India

MEERUT: Two days after two-time BJP MP from Muzaffarnagar Sanjeev Balyan lost the seat by over 24,000 votes, the party’s former MLA from Sardhana, Sangeet Som, broke his silence and washed off his hands from any role in the debacle.Som said on Thursday: “I was in charge of Sardhana assembly constituency of Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat and we fared quite well there.He lost by a considerable margin in Budhana and Charthawal assembly constituencies of the LS seat. In my area (Sardhana), the difference in loss was 45 votes which is insignificant. I have no role in the defeat.”Notably, a fierce war of words had been raging between Balyan and Som in weeks leading to the LS polls, so much so that CM Yogi Adityanath had to visit Sardhana to engineer a "truce".Local pollsters said that Thakur/Ra...