Last week, the Uttar Pradesh government asked the food and beverage shops along Kanwar Yatra routes to display the name and identity of the operator/owner of their establishments.
The Supreme Court extended its interim order on Friday staying directives issued by authorities of certain state governments that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route should display the names of the owners outside such shops.
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav on Monday targeted Bharatiya Janata Party over Uttar Pradesh government's directive to display owners' names outside shops, saying that the directive was issued to protect their chair.
The Supreme Court on Monday put an interim stay on directives issued by the authorities of certain state governments that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route should display the names of the owners outside such shops.
In reaction to the Supreme Court staying the directive to shops along the Kanwar Yatra route, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said that this yatra is carried out based on faith, and the people who are a part of it must know what is made at the place where they are eating.
"I had said that the Supreme Court should take cognizance of this matter and stop such action. Just like a diya flutters before being blown out, the communal politics that has ended, its diya is now fluttering and so the hearing is being held. The government has taken many such steps because
The Supreme Court on Monday put an interim stay on directives issued by the authorities of certain state governments that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route should display the names of the owners outside such shops.
Uttar Pradesh minister Om Prakash Rajbar spoke on Monday about the decision to place nameplates on the food shops in the Kanwar route in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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.
Reacting to the row over using 'nameplates' on food shops on the Kanwar route in UP and Uttarakhand, UP Congress state president Ajay Rai said that if Chirag Paswan and Jayant Chaudhary are really against this decision, then they should withdraw their support from the government.
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.