UP govt blames BJP for Dadri, Rajnath appeals for peace

Describing the Dadri lynching incident as a "well-planned conspiracy", the Uttar Pradesh government today blamed BJP with Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav saying some forces doing politics on communal lines were conspiring to defame his government.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, on the other hand, termed the incident as "unfortunate" and appealed to the people to maintain communal harmony.
"The incident of Dadri lynching is a well-planned conspiracy of BJP for political gains. Despite much hue and cry, we did not stop anyone from visiting the village so that they could know the truth and ground reality," Cabinet Minister Shivpal Yadav told reporters here.

"We are keeping an eye on hate mongers. They have orchestrated riots in Muzaffarnagar and trying the same in other parts of the state. Stern directives have been given to district level officers. Now action will also be taken against them if they were found lax," said Yadav, who is the brother of SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav.
The Chief Minister, while addressing a business event here, said, "Some forces are conspiring to spread communalism and we have to remain alert from them."
Alleging that these forces want to defame the state government, he said addressing representatives of Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) that "Today when the world is marching ahead on the path of progress, some forces doing politics on communal lines want to take the country and the state towards backwardness."

He said those "forces" are "raising issues and debates which harm all sections of the society."

The CM said that conspiracies of such forces need to be foiled to take the state ahead on the path of development.
He said that the people of the state have lived together with brotherhood and harmony since ages.
Akhilesh expressed confidence that peace-loving people of the state will not allow forces creating differences to succeed in their designs.