It’s the ruling of HC: CM
Brushing aside the demand for the arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son in Lakhimpur Kheri violence case and the Supreme Court’s scathing remarks against the State Government for such apathy, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that without any evidence the police will not arrest anyone just on the basis of allegations.
“You cannot make arrest on the sheer basis of allegations. You should have evidence. Until we get that, we are not going to arrest anyone,” Yogi said during his interview to a private news channel.
The Chief Minister categorically said that so far no evidence has come to the fore against Ashish in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
The CM said that it is also the ruling of the Allahabad High Court that there should be sufficient evidence before arrests are made. “We will not arrest anyone on mere allegations. Previously, we have arrested high-profile leaders, including BJP MLA and Opposition leaders.
“These arrests were made only after proper investigation. In this case, too, arrests will be made after we have sufficient evidence to arrest a person,” he said.
On the violence of Lakhimpur Kheri, Adityanath said that the Government has ordered a probe into the violence and there is no place of violence in democracy. “Whoever it is, the law is the same for all. The law will treat everyone equally”, he said.
The UP CM said that the law will take its own course and no work will be done in Uttar Pradesh under anyone’s pressure. An SIT, as well as a judicial commission, has been constituted by the Government in this case, he said.
“The arrests of the wanted people have started. There have been many arrests yesterday. Action is going on even today. Fair and strict action will be taken in this entire matter,” he said.
“We have registered an FIR on the basis of farmers’ application. FIR has also been lodged on the complaint of BJP leaders. This Government is working in a transparent manner,” the CM said.
Hitting out at the Opposition leaders who are making a beeline to Kheri, Adityanath said that these Opposition leaders are not messengers of goodwill. These leaders are trying to create a chasm. We won’t allow that to happen. The families of the victims themselves said that they are satisfied with the Government,” he said and added Congress’ sympathy for farmers is nothing but crocodile tears as Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is unable to handle his State and some farmers in Chhattisgarh were killed by the police.
The CM also said, “I want to ask Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka that when the country was suffering from corona why they did not go out and meet people. At that time of crisis, only Central and State Governments were with them”.
