Not much difference between jungle rule & UP law and order: Congress hit out at BJP-ruled state
The Congress hit out at the Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday over the killing of the state Bar Council president, saying there was not much difference between "jungle rule" and law and order in the BJP-ruled state.
Darvesh Singh, the first woman president of the state Bar Council who was elected to the post three days ago, was shot dead at a court premises in Agra on Wednesday allegedly by a lawyer who then tried to kill himself. "Right under the nose of Ajay Singh Bisht's (Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath) government in UP, the bar council's first woman president was shot dead.
यूपी में अजय सिंह बिष्ट की सरकार के नाक के नीचे, दिन दहाड़े बार काउंसल की पहली महिला अध्यक्षा की गोली मार कर हत्या।
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) June 13, 2019
जंगलराज और भाजपा शासित यूपी की क़ानून व्यवस्था में अब ज़्यादा फ़र्क़ नहीं बचा! pic.twitter.com/eWBMICY7dT
There is not much difference left between jungle rule and the law and order system in BJP-ruled UP," Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted. Agra City Additional Superintendent of Police Praveen Verma had said Singh was shot thrice by lawyer Manish Sharma, who had been her long-time acquaintance.
-PTI
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First published: 13 June 2019, 12:04 IST