UP CM Yogi Adityanath Orders Name Boards for Eateries on Kanwar Yatra Routes Amid Opposition Wrath

UP CM Yogi Adityanath Orders Name Boards for Eateries on Kanwar Yatra Routes Amid Opposition Wrath

Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath ordered on Friday that the names of the owners of all the restaurants along the Kanwar Yatra route be posted. This action was taken in response to criticism directed at the Muzaffarnagar Police, which had reversed an earlier directive. The new rule mandates that the owner of every food cart or shop must put their name on a board and display it clearly. Leaders of the opposition and the ruling NDA said that the order will cause division in politics after the Muzaffarnagar police ordered restaurants along the Kanwar Yatra route to publish the names of their owners.

Former Union minister and BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has again criticized the recommendation, claiming that this action will lead to untouchability. “Some overly enthusiastic authorities’ harsh directives could be the source of the untouchability epidemic… Naqvi posted on X (formerly Twitter) that while faith must be honored, untouchability must not be patronized. Despite the fact that several BJP leaders were in favor of the decision, Naqvi uploaded a picture of himself taking part in the Kanwar Yatra and claimed he didn’t need any lectures about respect and faith in it.

The Muzaffarnagar Police order should be revoked, according to KC Tyagi, national spokesman of Janata Dal (United), a significant BJP partner at the Centre, because it may incite communal strife and there shouldn’t be any religious discrimination. The Muzaffarnagar government changed its order on Thursday to indicate that people can choose to voluntarily display the names of the proprietors on their eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route in response to complaints from a number of parties. On Friday, though, Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, intensified it once again. He mandated that restaurants and food carts selling food on the Kanwar Yatra route throughout the state display the names of the owners.

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AIMIM leader and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi had already criticized Yogi Adityanath, claiming he was haunted by “Hitler’s soul.” He claimed that the government of Uttar Pradesh was encouraging untouchability. Since Article 17 of the Indian Constitution forbids untouchability, we denounce this decree. Untouchability is being encouraged by the Uttar Pradesh administration. According to Owaisi, “Articles 19 (right to livelihood) and 21 (right to life) are violated by this order, which requires the display of name and religion,” as reported. The first party to criticize the directive was the opposition INDIA bloc’s Samajwadi Party. Akhilesh Yadav, the chief of the SP, described it as “a social crime aimed at dividing society” in a post on X. He had charged the courts with finding “the bottom of the intent” and moving forward.