CM Adityanath targets politicians skirting beacon ban in Uttar Pradesh

The high and mighty in UP have tried to circumvent the beacon ban using hooters, pressure horns

Furthering his purported agenda of clipping the wings of the high and mighty who flaunt their clout and power, Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered an extensive state-wide campaign against vehicles fitted with hooters and pressure horns.

Implementing the Supreme Court order limiting the use of red and blue beacon lights atop official vehicles, the Adityanath government had earlier strictly enforced the directive.

However, the powers that be, especially those from the political class, circumvented that directive by replacing the beacon lights with hooters and pressure horns as an unambiguous status symbol among the larger public.

Taking cognisance of this