Lessons from UP: How Yogi Govt Ensured Peaceful Ram Navami Processions while Bengal, Bihar Failed

West Bengal and Bihar failed in making sure peace for the duration of Ram Navami ultimate week, main to violent clashes, however hundreds of such processions happened with none hassle in Uttar Pradesh in which the Yogi Adityanath authorities is in power.

What is the name of the game recipe for peace? “Nothing occurred in Uttar Pradesh for the duration of the hundreds of Ram Navami processions ultimate week…we’ve a truthful coverage that guarantees peace. That isn’t letting any deviation from current way of life being allowed, communication with non secular leaders of each aspects in peace committees, a religion-impartial approach, and imposing extreme outcomes in case of violence,” Uttar Pradesh`s extra director trendy of police (regulation and order) Prashant Kumar instructed News18.

Kumar says Uttar Pradesh sees extra Ram Navami processions than all different states placed together. “The key isn’t permitting any new way of life to have fun any festival. Be it Ram Navami or Muharram, it needs to be held with the aid of using way of life. Before any fundamental festival, we take all non secular agencies on board — at the extent of the police station, superintendent of police, and district level. The non secular leaders are instructed that making sure peace and regulation and order is anyone`s duty and what precautions ought to be taken,” he stated.

The non secular leaders also are instructed of great outcomes if matters cross wrong. “We have a regulation now for penal provisions in case there’s harm to public belongings and recoveries are enforced. We take excessive motion in opposition to defaulters. There is a trendy notion withinside the nation that the authorities is impartial and could act if peace is disrupted,” Kumar explained.

An trouble that has emerged in each West Bengal and Bihar is Ram Navami processions passing near mosques or what has been termed “Muslim areas”, inflicting tensions and times of stone-pelting. Kumar stated that during UP, if a “conventional route” entails a Ram Navami procession passing near a mosque or a Muharram procession passing near a temple, precautions are taken with the aid of using related to the applicable groups lots in advance.

“If there’s this type of conventional route, in a peace committee meeting, it’s far made clean that once Ram Navami processions byskip with the aid of using a mosque, then it’s far the duty of the essential human beings of the Muslim network to be gift there and make certain that it passes off peacefully. During Muslim festivals, we further ask essential Hindu leaders to be gift. It isn’t forced, it’s far being instructed to them that it’s far withinside the hobby of anyone that peace is maintained,” Kumar stated.

A primary authorities supply in Delhi stated the reviews from Bihar and West Bengal pointed to “appeasement politics” and a “susceptible political will” to forestall communal violence, in addition to the notion amongst human beings of “bias”. The supply stated the general public statements of the leader ministers of West Bengal and Bihar pointed to such an approach, which has brought about a breakdown of regulation and order in each states this time.

West Bengal had visible hassle for the duration of Ram Navami processions ultimate yr too however no training had been learnt with the aid of using the nation authorities, a primary authorities supply instructed News18.