Uttar Pradesh Beef Row

A group of men accused of beating a Muslim man to death in 2015 over beef rumours in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri had front row seats at a rally on Sunday of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was campaigning for the national election starting April 11.

Amid a row on cow vigilante groups, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today accused the BJP of creating differences in society in the name of cow protection and deviating from the discussion on development.

Dadri's Bisada village has turned into a fortress, "lath bajao" (beat them up) being its prevailing chant. Directed against the media, the chant comes from large groups of Rajput women, who have been standing at the village gates since last Monday, when a 52-year-old man was lynched following rumours that he stored and consumed beef.

In the raging politics over beef after a mob killing in Uttar Pradesh last week, Bihar politician Lalu Prasad Yadav today resurrected the allegation that yoga teacher Ramdev used animal bones in his herbal remedies.

A group of men accused of beating a Muslim man to death in 2015 over beef rumours in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri had front row seats at a rally on Sunday of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who was campaigning for the national election starting April 11.

Amid a row on cow vigilante groups, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today accused the BJP of creating differences in society in the name of cow protection and deviating from the discussion on development.

Dadri's Bisada village has turned into a fortress, "lath bajao" (beat them up) being its prevailing chant. Directed against the media, the chant comes from large groups of Rajput women, who have been standing at the village gates since last Monday, when a 52-year-old man was lynched following rumours that he stored and consumed beef.

In the raging politics over beef after a mob killing in Uttar Pradesh last week, Bihar politician Lalu Prasad Yadav today resurrected the allegation that yoga teacher Ramdev used animal bones in his herbal remedies.