Yogi Adityanath Visits UP Town That Saw "Hindu Migration" Controversy

This visit to Kairana is being seen as an attempt by the party to revive the issue of the alleged migration of Hindus ahead of the 2022 polls.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was in Kairana today, the settlement in the western part of the state that was in the news before the 2017 state election for the alleged migration of Hindu families from the area because of local Muslim criminal gangs. Kairana has a 50 per cent Muslim population. The BJP had used the issue extensively in its campaign for the 2017 elections. कैराना, जनपद शामली में... https://t.co/5i4KfWKqn4

Yogi Adityanath was accompanied by state BJP Chief Swatantra Dev Singh, and the party's elected representatives from the area. His visit to Kairana is being seen as an attempt by the party to revive the issue ahead of the 2022 polls that are less than 6 months away.

Visuals shot by the news agency ANI showed the Chief Minister and others meeting with families of those who have reportedly returned to Kairana after the BJP government came to power in 2017.

"Places like Kairana have dealt with the negative effects of the criminalisation of politics starting from the 1990s and the involvement of these criminals in politics. Hindu businessmen and other Hindus were forced to migrate from here. This had generated headlines across the country. After 2017, we implemented a zero-tolerance policy against crime and peace returned here. Many families have returned ", the UP Chief Minister said in an address to the media after the meetings.