Before 2017, those with skullcaps, lungis threatened traders with guns: U.P. Deputy CM
The Hindu
He takes a dig at law and order situation under previous SP government
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday triggered a fresh row, saying people wearing lungis and netted skullcaps used to intimidate and scare traders in the State before the BJP came to power in 2017.
Addressing traders in Prayagraj ahead of the 2022 Assembly elections, Mr. Maurya took a dig at the law and order situation under the previous Samajwadi Party government with the communally-laced remark, even though he did not name any community.
“Tell me, before 2017 Vidhan Sabha election, how many lungi chaap [lungi-clad] goondas would roam about? With netted round skullcaps and armed with rifles, revolvers and guns, who would scare and intimidate traders? Who would grab your land and threaten you to not go and lodge a complaint?,” he stated.
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