In a significant update, the Supreme Court has put a stay on the directive issued by the governments of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Madhya Pradesh, which mandated eateries along the Kanwariya Yatra route to display the owners' names.
Extending his support to the Uttar Pradesh government over its directive for food shops to display their owners' names along the Kanwar Yatra route, Bharatiya Janata Party Arun Govil on Monday said that he does not find anything wrong with the order.
Amid the row in Uttar Pradesh, the Haridwar Police Administration also issued an order for restaurant owners to display names on the Kanwar Yatra route.
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday condemned Uttar Pradesh government's directive for food shops to display their owners' names saying that its an attempt by the BJP to create distance between people.
Notably, amid the row in Uttar Pradesh, the Haridwar Police Administration also issued an order for restaurant owners to display names on the Kanwar Yatra route.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Golu Shukla from the Indore-3 assembly constituency voiced his support on Saturday for the Uttar Pradesh government's order directing eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display names of their respective owners.
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Saturday strongly condemned the directive issued by the BJP state governments in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to all eateries to display their owners' names along the entire stretch of the Kanwar Yatra route .
West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party Chief Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday came out in support of Uttar Pradesh government's directive for food shops on the Kanwar Yatra route to display their owners' names, saying that a similar notifications were issued during the Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhile
Amid the row in Uttar Pradesh, the Haridwar Police Administration also issued an order for restaurant owners to display names on the Kanwar Yatra route.
"This is for people's convenience. People should know who owns the hotel and who is preparing the food. Even if you go to the market, you will see the owner's name on the shop. This is for the convenience of the people," Haridwar DM Garbyal said while speaking to ANI.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi tore into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the recent government order in Uttar Pradesh that mandates shopkeepers to put up nameplates in front of their stalls stating their owner's name, saying that the ruling party is not able to "digest" its "moral defeat"
"Fear on UP's kanwar routes: This is The reality of hatred for Indian Muslims ,credit for this visceral hatred goes to political parties /leaders of Hindutva and so called lip servicing Secular parties," Owaisi said in a post on 'X', sharing a photo of an egg stall displaying the name of