Adityanath breaks silence over alleged violence by Hindu Yuva Vahini activists

Yogi Adityanath retreated that rule of law is the priority of his government. Photo: PTI

NEW DELHI: Breaking his silence on alleged violence by his outfit Hindu Yuva Vahini in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said "no remedy if someone makes up his or her mind" to blame a particular outfit. "There is no remedy if someone makes up his mind that he has to blame a particular outfit... you will have to take this into consideration that the victims have already stated that not any outfit but dispute among themselves was the cause of incidents," PTI quoted the Chief Minister as saying. He retreated that rule of law is the priority of his government. "I can say with confidence that everyone will be safe in the state without any discrimination," he said. The UP CM was asked a question about the clashes in Saharanpur and the Bulandshahr lynching in which alleged Hindu Yuva Vahini activists were arrested. In Bulandshahr, three men of Adityanath's outfit were arrested for thrashing to death a 45-year-old Muslim man in Sohi village under Pahasu Police Station. In Saharanpur, A BJP MP and an MLA were booked along with a party functionary for their alleged involvement in violence. BJP MP Raghav Lakhanpal was booked for vandalism at the SSP’s residence. Adityanath had recently warned the workers of his organisation to maintain a decent behaviour in whatever work they do. He asked the group not to misuse the colour saffron as the image of the outfit or the BJP would suffer. The incident came days after activists of Hindu Yuva Vahini barged into a house in Meerut city on suspicion of religious conversion being carried out of a girl by the youth. Hindu Yuva Vahini is a social, cultural and nationalist group of youth who seek to provide rightist Hindu platform. Adityanath founded the organisation in April 2002, on the day of Ram Navmi.