: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak responds to Akhilesh Yadav's statement, calling him "de-railed" and accusing the Samajwadi Party of being "completely confused" despite the state's progress.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday paid floral tributes to former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Union Minister late Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna on his birth anniversary.
The accused, identified as Aman Putra Chand Khan, reportedly snatched a pistol from one of the policemen escorting him to the court and opened fire at the police team. In response, the police returned fire, injuring him in the right leg.
Delhi's Karkardooma Court has sentenced four convicts to 20 years of jail punishment in a decade-old case involving abduction, gang rape, illegal confinement, causing hurt and criminal intimidation. Women convicts have been sentenced for the Abetment of the offences.
"BJP, which calls itself a double-engine government, is running in double confusion and doing double blunders... Unemployment has surrounded Bundelkhand and entire Uttar Pradesh.." Yadav said, speaking to the media.
BJP MP Dinesh Sharma welcomed the Allahabad High Court order granting permission to whitewash Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal, and said that it was neither the policy of Centre nor the state government to insult any religious place.
Sambhal Police said that security forces were on duty for long hours on March 13 and 14 to maintain law and order, working shifts of 14 to 16 hours to ensure that the festival passed without incident.
Speaking at the oath-taking ceremony of the Gorakhpur Journalist Press Club, CM Yogi emphasised that no constitutional institution--whether the legislature, executive, or judiciary--can remain detached from public concerns.
"The whitewashing work has begun. Around 9-10 people are working. More people may be put to work if needed... We will try to complete the task as per the court orders... There are 9-10 people assigned by the ASI. Another 10-20 people may be called... The task has been undertaken by the ASI;
The contractor assigned by the ASI to whitewash the Sambhal Jama Masjid, stated that the work is likely to be completed within a week and a total of eight people have been working on it.
Chief Minister Yogi listened to the grievances of the people and gave instructions to the officials to resolve their problems in the 'Janata Darshan' program, conducted on the premises of the Gorakhnath Temple.