UP govt. protecting criminals, CM Yogi should resign: Chandra Shekhar Aazad

TIL Desk/National/Saharanpur (UP)/ A day after he was attacked, Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad on Thursday demanded the resignation of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, claiming his government was providing protection to criminals on the basis of caste and religion.

In a note posted on Twitter, Aazad alleged the law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh is worsening and “government-backed” criminals are in high spirits. A bullet grazed the 36-year-old Bhim Army chief’s abdomen when unidentified assailants opened fire at his car in Saharanpur’s Deoband, where he had gone to attend a ritual at a supporter’s home, on Wednesday evening.

He is undergoing treatment at the Saharanpur district hospital. Aazad, who is also the president of the Azad Samaj Party, said the attack on him was a failure of the government. “My 56-inch chest is real, not fake. The fatal attack on me is a failure of the government because the security of the people of the state is the responsibility of the government and I am also a responsible citizen of the state,” he said in his note.