Lucknow; 14 March 2020 (UMMN): Samajwadi Party has responded with its own posters right next to the UP Government’s “name and shame” hoardings in Lucknow, depicting 53 anti-CAA protesters.
Samajwadi Party’s hoardings carried pictures of BJP leaders and alleged rapists Chinmayanand and Sengar along with the details of their criminal cases, with the message, “Betiyan Rahe Savdhan, Surakshit Rahe Hindustan,”
According to News18, soon after the matter came to the notice of the Lucknow District Administration, the hoardings were removed and vigil was stepped up to avoid a repeat.
SP leader IP Singh said: “When protesters don’t have any privacy and even after the orders of High Court and Supreme Court, Yogi Government is not taking down hoardings, I decided to put some hoardings of named criminals, our daughters should be aware of them.”
In another tweet, Singh wrote: “People who will oppose hoardings will be supporters of Rapists and will be Anti Woman. Before doing a contempt of the High Court and Supreme Court and disobeying our Constitution the BJP should introspect themselves first. BJP is Anti Woman.”
Allahabad High Court had on Monday ordered Lucknow's District Magistrate and Police Commissioner to remove the ‘name-and-shame’ hoardings with immediate effect, and submit its report on the matter by March 16 which is the next date of hearing.
But instead of removing the hoarding, UP Gov decided to appeal Supreme Court challenging the March 9 order of the Allahabad High Court.
The bench, headed by Chief Justice Govind Mathur, had taken suo motu cognizance of the 100-odd hoardings that were put up on road crossings on Friday and the court heard the case on Sunday even though it was a holiday. The verdict, reserved on Sunday, was delivered on Monday, reported News18.
