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Yogi cries ''political conspiracy''; ex-babus tell him governance perverted, quit

LUCKNOW: Hitting back at the opposition, Chief Minister Adityanath said on Wednesday the Bulandshahr violence, was a "political conspiracy" hatched by those who have lost political ground. A group of 83 ex-bureaucrats however have called for his resignation.

Yogi cries ''political conspiracy''; ex-babus tell him governance perverted, quit

File photo of Yogi Adityanath. AFP



Lucknow, December 19

Hitting back at the opposition, which stalled the proceedings of the Uttar Pradesh legislature over the issue of law and order, Chief Minister Adityanath said on Wednesday the Bulandshahr violence, was a "political conspiracy" hatched by those who have lost political ground.

The entire Question Hour was washed out in both the Houses of the state legislature amid uproar and sloganeering by the opposition Samajwadi Party and the Congress over various issues, including the plight of farmers and the law-and-order situation in the state, which led to repeated adjournments.

"The December 3 (Bulandshahr) violence is a political conspiracy (hatched) by those who have lost political ground," he told reporters after the Assembly was adjourned for the day amid opposition ruckus.

"It was a political conspiracy which has been exposed... peace and order will be maintained at all cost... the administration and government have repulsed the designs (of conspirators) sternly," Adityanath said.

The chief minister had earlier termed the Bulandshahr incidents an accident.

The Bulandshahr violence, which occurred over an incident of alleged cow slaughter, claimed two lives, including that of a police inspector.

Responding to questions on the issue, Adityanath said those whose political ground has receded are embracing each other to hide their shortcomings.

Wednesday was the second day of the brief winter session of the state legislature spread over four sittings.

Both the Assembly and the Legislative Council were adjourned on the first day of the current session Tuesday after condoling the deaths of former chief minister N D Tiwari, BJP legislator Patel Ram Kumar Verma and Union minister Ananth Kumar.

‘Perverse’

A group of 83 ex-bureaucrats however have called for Adityanath’s resignation over the violence.

In an open letter, a group of 83 former bureaucrats said the December 3 mob violence "instigated and engineered with malicious intent" that lead to the murder of a police officer, marked "the most dangerous turn" yet in the direction taken by the politics of hate in recent times.

Demanding the resignation of Adityanath who "flaunts his bigotry as his badge of identity", they also questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the issue and the Chief Minister's "sheer contempt for the Constitution".  

"It (Bulandshahr violence) shows that in India's most populous state, fundamental principles of governance, of constitutional ethics and of humane social conduct stand perverted. The Chief Minister of the state acts as a high priest of the agenda of bigotry and majoritarian supremacy—an agenda that now seems to take precedence over everything else," they said in the letter.

While observing that "cow protection politics" has been used as a means of isolating and cornering the Muslim community, they said Adityanath's regime has "mainstreamed hooliganism and thuggery".

"Under Yogi Adityanath, hooliganism and thuggery have been mainstreamed into governance not just to intimidate minorities but to teach a lesson to anyone, including police personnel and others in the administration, who dare to be even-handed in their approach to minority communities," they said.

Calling the violence and the murder of Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh a "deliberate attempt to display majoritarian muscle" and a "murder most foul", the former civil servants expressed alarm over the "horrifying" response of the administration to the incident. 

"The Chief Minister refuses to acknowledge the gravity of the incident and its communal intent, condemn the perpetrators of violence or direct the police to take action against them, instead asks them to focus attention on those responsible for illegal cow slaughter.” 

"He (Adityanath) may try to mislead by calling it an accident, this was murder with an intent", the letter said.

The slain police officer was an impediment to the communal plans of local BJP and Sangh Parivar elements and "had to go".

Citing ample video evidences, they said that the perpetrators of the violence and their leaders were allowed to roam scot-free while, alleged cow killers, without any evidence, were taken into custody "just because they are Muslims".

Questioning Modi's "stony silence", the former bureaucrats said for the Sangh Parivar, "constitutional morality was of no value and it was necessarily subordinate to the ideals of majoritarian supremacy".

In the letter, signed by former Additional Secretary to Ministry of Shipping and Transport S.P. Ambrose and former chairman Administartive Reforms and De-centralisation Commission Uttar Pradesh, J.L. Bajaj, among others, they have also urged the Allahabad High Court to take suo motu cognisance of the incident and order a judicial enquiry.

They have also called upon citizens to unite in a crusade against the politics of hate and division.

"Never before in recent history has the politics of hate, division and exclusion been so dominant and the poisonous ideology which informs it penetrated so deep into the body politic.

"Never before has hate been directed with such calculated intent against minority communities, hate which is nursed, aided and abetted by those in power.

"Violence has been given social and political sanction and perpetrators of violence have been treated with kid gloves while victims have been punished and harassed," added the former civil servants vowing to build a citizen-led national campaign against the politics of hate and violence. Agencies 

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