Brajesh Pathak said that the Chief Minister of UP is very strict on the issue of law and order. (file)
Meerut:
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Friday warned that there is no place for those obstructing development work in the state and the use of bulldozers against miscreants will continue.
Speaking to reporters after addressing the BJP’s ‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan’ here, Mr Pathak said that there is rule of law in the state and any kind of disturbance, unrest and activities of anti-social elements will not be tolerated.
The Deputy Chief Minister’s remarks came after the demolition of properties of those allegedly involved in the June 10 violence in Prayagraj and Saharanpur districts. This move of the state government is being criticized from many quarters.
Pathak said, “There is no place in the state for those obstructing development work and the use of bulldozers against miscreants will continue. Chief Minister Yogi (Adityanath) is very strict on the law and order issue.”
The Prayagraj Development Authority on Sunday bulldozers into the house of Javed Ahmed, who is alleged to have been involved in the June 10 violence, triggered by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad. .
On Saturday, alleged illegal properties of two persons accused of rioting were blown up in a bulldozer in Saharanpur, leading to stone pelting on June 10.
On 10 June also there were protests in Bijnor, Moradabad, Rampur and Lucknow.
According to officials, the Uttar Pradesh Police has arrested 333 people from eight districts of the state and registered 13 FIRs in connection with the violence.
Earlier, addressing the ‘Garib Kalyan Sammelan’, Mr Pathak said that even though the Samajwadi Party improved its position in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, it has no future.
He said earlier there was terror of SP goons in the state and their job was to capture vacant plots and houses. That’s why the people rejected the SP in the election.
He claimed that both the SP and the Bahujan Samaj Party will be wiped out gradually in the state.
Targeting the previous governments at the Centre, Mr Pathak said that they only removed the poor and not the poverty.
He said that the previous governments were committed to benefit only one family and their family members, whereas Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government takes care of all the poor.
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