Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on April 22 targeted Opposition leaders for allegedly reading the Fatiha (a short sura of the Quran considered an essential element of ritual prayer) on the graves of criminals and gangsters.
He asked voters to give them a break of five more years to continue doing so. “These people are reading Fatiha on graves of gangsters, you must give them five more years so they can keep doing so. The policies of the SP, Congress and BSP have jeopardised citizens’ safety.
These parties are hand in glove with mafia elements,” said Mr. Adityanath, addressing an election rally in support of Fatehpur Sikri MP, and BJP candidate Rajkumar Chahar. “Before 2017, the police stations across U.P. generally, stopped functioning after sunset. Mafias had a free run, but we have a zero-tolerance approach to crime,” said Mr. Adityanath.
