Lucknow, December 28: Amid the reports of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led government imposing hefty fines on suspected 'violent' anti-CAA protesters, a new development is taking place wherein Uttar Pradesh government in mulling a ban on Popular Front of India (PFI). Sources reveal that soon the state government would send an official letter to Ministry of Home Affairs in this regard, which is the nodal agency to take decisions.

According to a report of CNN News18, the Adityanath government in Uttar Pardesh is of the opinion that Popular Front of India (PFI) was behind the violent anti-CAA protests in state and wants it banned in state. Though no official confirmation has been made on the decision as of yet, but with the prevailing situation, a ban on PFI is most likely in the near future if MHA agrees to the suggestions of Uttar Pradesh government. Yogi Adityanath Justifies Police Crackdown on Anti-CAA Protesters, Says ‘Every Rioter Is Shocked, They Will Cry Now’.

It is to be known that Uttar Pradesh Police has registered a case against 1000 unidentified students of Aligarh Muslim University for violence which broke out during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act on December 15. Apart from this, over 1,100 people have been arrested and 5,500 were detained in connection with vandalising and damaging public property. Reports even state that 19 people were killed in clash and 61 were injured. UP Police had recently agreed that they had fired on some violent protesters to maintain law and order.

Earlier in the day, reacting to the police crackdown, Adityanath said that action taken by the government has shocked every protester into silence. He had said, "Every rioter is shocked. Every troublemaker is shocked. Everybody has fallen silent after seeing the strictness of the Yogi government. The Chief Minister has announced that anybody who damages public property will have to pay up. Every violent protester will cry now because there is a Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh." The UP CM even said that action in this regard has been taken on a war footing.

Reacting on the comments of Adityanath, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had said that wherever the BJP goes, it spreads hate and doesn't want to listen to voice of people. Similar opinion was shared by Priyanka Gandhi who had attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi of 'lying' and leading people astray on the issue of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and CAA.

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