Uddhav calls Yogi after sadhus’ murder in Bulandshahr

Shiv Kumar

Tribune News Service

Mumbai – April 28, 2020

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday spoke to his Uttar

Pradesh counterpart Yogi Adityanath over the murder of two sadhus in Bulandshahr district of UP.

Thackeray told Adityanath to ensure that the perpetrators of the crime are given the strictest punishment and urged him not to give a communal colour to the incident.

Thackeray’s call to Yogi Adityanath comes days after the UP Chief Minister had called him to condemn the lynching of two sadhus at Palghar on the outskirts of Mumbai.

“I spoke to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathji over the phone and expressed concern over the gruesome murder of two sadhus in UP’s Bulandshahr,” Thackeray informed in a message on social media this afternoon.

“I told him that we are with you. Just like we acted strongly in a similar case, I hope you would do the same and bring the accused to justice,” said the Maharashtra CM. “However, I appeal to you that the incident should not be given a communal colour.”

The lynching of the two sadhus in Palghar resulted in a major row with

various organs of the Sangh Parivar accusing the Thackeray government

of failing to protect the seers.

According to police, local villagers who are mainly tribals had attacked the two sadhus and their driver on suspicion that they were child lifters.

Earlier on Tuesday, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut took to twitter to condemn

the Bulandshahr murders and urged everyone not to make it into a

communal incident “the way they tried to make the Palghar incident”.