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After Rajasthan a priest shot by land mafias in Ghonda, UP

After the shocking incidents of obnoxious rapes n subsequent fatalities of girls in Hathras, Bulandshahar n other parts of UP n Rajasthan n an open broad daylight immolation of a priest of Karoli in Rajasthan by sprinkling petrol on him , inviting national outrage, a fresh incident of shooting of a priest in Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh by alleged land mafias has come to light creating quite a sensitisation n fear amongst people in an already affected state with law n order deteriorating situation.

The profusely bleeding priest with grievous injuries had been admitted in a lucknow hospital after his health condition badly deteriorated. The injured priest was deputed in the Ramjanki Temple in Ithiakot area of Gonda district and had tussle with the land mafias over a land dispute say news reports.

The Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu , UP Congress party organisation and the Samajwadi party has criticized the UP government of having failed to control the deteriorating law n order situation in the state with the state becoming a “jungle raj”. In his tweet state Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu has written: In Gonda the Pujari Samrat Das of Ram Janki Mandir has been gunned by the land mafias. The collusion of land mafias n the ruling party has rendred the state to criminalism. The government’s accountabilty has been zero. CM’s wisdom has died down. His rhetorics have enhanced. There is a so called Ram Rajya where no one is safe.

The main opposition party of Uttar Pradesh led by the former CM Akhilesh Yadav has tweeted : The life taking gruesome attacks on priests are continuing in Uttar Pradesh dominated by Jungle Rule. Shocking : The priest of Ram Janki Temple was shot on Saturday night. Till when will the UP government be a silent spectator to the increasing crimes on the priests of the state ? Stringent action demanded in this matter tweeted Samajwadi Party.

It may be recalled that the law and order situation has allegedly gone out of hand in Uttar Pradesh with incidents of rapes, murders, extortion, kidnappings on the increase according to the Congress n Samajwadi party.

In his latest tweet the Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has while criticizing the UP chief minister tweeted:

The shameful truth is many Indians don’t consider Dalits, Muslims and tribals to be human.

The CM and his police say no one was raped because for them and many other Indians, she was no one.

It may be recalled that the BJP had in Rajasthan held its Halla Boll protest demonstrations in Jaipur n various parts of Rajasthan against obnoxious rapes n immolation of a priest in Karolli holding the Congress CM Ashok Gehlot responsible for the lapse, demanding his resignation n strictest action against the culprits after Rahul Gandhi n Priyanka’s visiting Hathras and meeting the aggrieved family, criticizing the UP government tooth n nail.

The protesting BJP leaders had also demanded n questioned as to why Congress leaders like Rahul n Priyanka had not visited Rajasthan where the Congress government rules n rapes n killings of a priest are taking place.

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Sunil Negi

Sunil Negi is a senior journalist and president of Uttarakhand Journalists Forum ( Regd). He usually writes on socio political subjects and have been contributing articles in print media for the last several years. Mr. Sunil Negi had been felicitated by All India Achievers conference's Pride of India and excellence awards apart from several other recognitions. He has translated a book on ecological disaster of Uttarakhand of June 2013 and edited and published two editions of Uttaranchal's Who's Who.

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