‘Jungle Raj in UP’ Yogi justifies Police killings

Lucknow: First it was university students, now amidst nationwide protests against the government’s crackdown on civilians protesting against the CAA-NRC-NPR with UP alone accounting for 5 deaths from Meerut, CM Yogi justified police’s action.

“Every rioter is shocked. Every demonstrator is stunned. Everyone has been silenced after seeing Yogi Adityanath government’s strict actions. Do whatever now, compensation will be taken from anyone who damages public property. Every violent protester will cry now because there is a Yogi government in Uttar Pradesh,” the CMO tweeted late Friday night, Indiatoday reports.

“Every rioter is thinking they made a big mistake by challenging Yogi ji’s government after seeing strict actions taken by it against rioters,” said CM Adityanth’s office. The tweets had a hashtag ‘TheGreat_CMYogi’.

Not only the UP police personnel kill individuals but the Police army swarmed the region vandalizing properties.

Yet the UP government warned its citizens, threatened to seize the properties of protestors.

According to the circular, the UP government has identified around 498 people as anti-socials who vandalized the properties while taking part in anti-CAA protests in different parts of the state.

The state government will now move to seize the property of these identified ”anti-socials” and has informed the respective district magistrates.

According to official sources, the list includes at least 82 people from Lucknow, 148 from Meerut, 26 from Sambhal, 79 from Rampur, 13 from Ferozabad, 50 from Kanpur, 73 from Muzaffarnagar, eight from Mau and 19 from Bulandshahr.

CM Yogi said the properties of the protestors will not only be seized but also auctioned to compensate the destruction of public and private assets.

Meanwhile, slamming Yogi, Rights activists alleged that there was a “reign of terror” prevailing in Uttar Pradesh to crack down on protests against the CAA and the NRC.

The activists demanded a Supreme Court-monitored SIT probe to ascertain the truth about police action and killings in the state.