By NL Team
Police in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar have asked eateries and food stalls along the kanwar yatra route to display the names of their owners and employees to prevent “confusion” among devotees.
This comes weeks after Muzaffarnagar BJP MLA Kapil Dev Aggarwal said Muslims must not name their shops after Hindu deities during the yatra to avoid any conflict.
UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath had earlier banned the sale and purchase of meat in the open along the kanwar routes in the state as a mark of “respect” for devotees. The state government has imposed similar bans during previous yatras. Such curbs were also put in place in several other areas across the country, including parts of the national capital, during Navratri.
In recent years, there have also been calls by right-wing groups for an economic boycott of Muslims.
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