Saints submit Kairana exodus report to Governor

A delegation of saints, led by Acharya Pramod Krishnan, today submitted its report on Kairana "exodus" to Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik.
The team, constituted by ruling Samajwadi Party, met the Governor at Raj Bhawan here and submitted the report, a release said.
The delegation told Naik that they had submitted a copy of the report to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav yesterday but had not shared it with the media after the Governor told them that he had come to know of some of the contents of the report through newspapers.
Krishnan told Naik that they interacted with the common people in Kairana in Shamli district in western Uttar Pradesh to ascertain the facts related to the alleged exodus of Hindus.

When the Governor asked him if they had tried to meet public representatives or members of political parties, the Acharya answered in the negative.
Yesterday, the Acharya had termed the incident a "dangerous conspiracy" to disturb communal harmony in Uttar Pradesh.

"We have submitted the confidential report to the Chief Minister. It (the exodus) was a dangerous conspiracy to disturb communal harmony. Strict action should be taken against the guilty," he had said.
The team comprising Krishnan, Swami Kalyan, Naraina Giri, Swami Chinmayanand and Swamy Chakrapani had visited Kairana on June 20.
State PWD Minister and senior SP leader Shivpal Yadav had announced the formation of the team and names of its members at a press conference here on June 17 stating that these were "apolitical" people who will present an "unbiased" picture of the entire incident.

SP had already trashed allegations of exodus and accused BJP of "vitiating the communal atmosphere" in the state with an eye on the 2017 Assembly polls.
"There is no exodus in Kairana or anywhere else in the state. We have intelligence and other reports in this regard. BJP leaders including (Kairana MP) Hukum Singh and others are iniciting communal passion for political gains as Assembly elections are nearing," Shivpal had stated.