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.
Notably, Jayant Chaudhary is a part of the National Democratic Alliance government at the centre and his party, RLD, holds important significance in western Uttar Pradesh.
On the occasion of Guru Purnima, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath attended a programme on the premises of Goraknath temple in Gorakhpur on Sunday.
Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the "nameplate" order on Kanwar routes, a heartwarming display of brotherhood and unity shines through in the work of Kanwar artisans in Haridwar.
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 .
"Now you (BJP) are directing foodstalls to put up nameplates based on caste and religion? Do you want to divide the country? You won't profit from it. You are breaking the nation's unity," Raut said, speaking to reporters in Mumbai on Saturday.
In June, on the occasion of World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started a campaign called 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' and called upon everyone, in India and across the world, to plant a tree in the coming days as a tribute to their mother.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Chaudhary on Saturday said that the law and order in Bihar collapsed under Lalu Prasad Yadav's government, adding that the law and order situation in the state is normal.
"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