Adityanath raises appeasement bogey ahead of polls
The Hindu
Pits Iftar events against curfews during Hindu festivals
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said under previous governments, Opposition parties would compete with each other on who will hold more Iftar parties while curfews would be imposed during Hindu festivals.
“Earlier, they would compete with each other on who will hold more Iftar parties. Who would organise government programmes. But they don’t happen any more. If our status is secular, it will be equal for everyone,” Mr. Adityanath said.
Addressing representatives of the Lodh OBC caste, as part of the BJP’s outreach towards backward castes through samajik pratinidhi sammelans, Mr. Adityanath claimed that earlier curfew would be imposed during Hindu festivals like Deepavali, Ramnavami, Durga Puja, Shivratri, Janmasthami, Vijayadashami and Holi, raising communal temperatures in the run-up to Assembly polls in 2022.