No Place For Riots, Chaos In UP: Adityanath On Ram Navami Celebration

Mumbai: UP CM Yogi Adityanath said that the state had set an example on Ram Navami by demonstrating that “there is no place for riots and chaos” in UP.

His remarks come at a time when at least six other states witnessed incidents of violence and clashes on Sunday as Ram Navami processions were carried out to mark the Hindu festival.

“A day before, Ram Navami was celebrated. Uttar Pradesh has a population of 25 crores. There were over 800 processes for the Hindu festival across the state. And along with that, at this time, the holy month of Ramzan is also being observed. There must have been programmes linked to Rozas too,” the chief minister is heard saying in a video he shared on his Twitter handle.

“But nowhere, was there any tu-tu main (arguments)… leave alone riots and ruckus. This is proof of UP’s new progressive way of thinking. Here, there is no place for riots and chaos. UP has demonstrated this on the anniversary of Ram Navami,” he added.

Violence in the form of Ram Navami processions was witnessed in Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Karnataka on Sunday. In Gujarat, another BJP-ruled state, fresh violence broke out in Himmatnagar – one of the two affected cities.

Reports said tear gas shells had to be fired to disperse the crowd.

Madhya Pradesh has formed a claims tribunal and chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held a high-level meeting on Tuesday, a day after he declared that “rioters won’t be spared”.

Dozens have already been arrested over violence in Khargone and another district.

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