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NEW DELHI – Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday hit out at Yogi Adityanath government over hoardings with names, addresses, and photos of anti-CAA protesters. The controversial hoardings were put up at prominent intersections in Lucknow.
Slamming Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Priyanka Gandhi alleged that the BJP government in the state has started considering themselves above the Constitution.
“The attitude of the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh is such that the head of the government and the officials, who are following his footsteps have started considering themselves above the Constitution made by Babasaheb Ambedkar,” the Congress general secretary tweeted in Hindi.
She asserted that the High Court has told the government that the said officials are not above the Constitution and their’s accountability will be fixed.
“The High Court has told the government that you are not above the Constitution. Your accountability will be fixed,” she wrote further.
Priyanka Gandhi’s response comes after the Allahabad High Court has take suo moto cognizance of the controversial hoardings put up by Uttar Pradesh government at 3 pm on Sunday, despite it being a holiday.
Chief Justice Govind Mathur has summoned the District Magistrate and Divisional Police Commissioner of Police of Lucknow in this case.
On Thursday, the district administration put up hoardings with photos and addresses of 53 anti-CAA protesters at prominent crossings across the city.
Activist Deepak Kabir has said that the hoardings put up by the government bearing names of anti-CAA protesters is creating an atmosphere of fear.
He said that people whose names are mentioned in posters can be lynched anywhere.”It is shameful. There was no need for that. The government is creating an atmosphere of fear. People whose names are mentioned can be lynched anywhere. The environment after Delhi violence is not safe. Government is putting everyone at risk,” Deepak Kabir told ANI.
Former IPS officer SR Darapuri termed the administration’s action as ”unconstitutional” and said that the government is trying to defame protesters.