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Bareilly clashes: Those spreading anarchy will pay price that generations will remember, says UP CM
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath on Sunday warned that anyone spreading anarchy during the festive season will be made to “pay a price that future generations will remember”.
The Bharatiya Janata Party leader made the assertion in the context of violence that broke out in Bareilly on Friday when a crowd carrying “I love Muhammad” posters clashed with police outside a mosque.
“Our Hindu brothers chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Jai Bhavani', and we've never objected to this.”Row over ‘I love Muhammad’ bannersThe row began on September 4, when a group of Muslims held an “I love Muhammad” banner during an Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi procession in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
On Saturday, the police arrested eight persons, including local Muslim cleric and Ittehad-e-Millat Council chief Tauqeer Raza Khan, in connection with the clashes in Bareilly.
Rahmani, the AIMPLB chief, said that the government’s actions were unjust and contrary to the Constitution, ANI reported.