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Advocating gun culture is unconstitutional, can bring about anarchy: Kharge on Atiq Ahmed's murder

While Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said crime has peaked in the state, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said that along with the gangsters, law and order have also been murdered in the state. Unidentified miscreants shot dead the gangsters in the presence of heavy police force on Saturday night.

Opposition slams UP government after Atiq Ahmed, Ashraf shot dead
Opposition slams UP government after Atiq Ahmed, Ashraf shot dead
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Published : Apr 16, 2023, 7:22 AM IST

Updated : Apr 16, 2023, 1:37 PM IST

Lucknow: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at the Yogi government for advocating 'mobocracy' and gun culture for meting out justice to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed. In a series of tweets, he said that it is unconstitutional to advocate bullet culture.

"Our constitution has been drafted by our freedom fighters. This constitution and our law attain the highest position and no one can be allowed to mess with it. Judiciary has the right to decide how a criminal should be punished," he wrote on Twitter. This right cannot be given to any government, leader or any single person who violates the law, he added.

  • समाज में किसी को डराने व धमकाने के लिए जो भी हमारी न्याय प्रणाली में राजनैतिक उद्देश्य से दखलअंदाज़ी करता है,अपराधी के साथ वो भी दंड का भागीदार है।

    किसी भी मुजरिम को सख़्त से सख़्त सजा मिले,इसके लिए अदालतें हैं।

    क़ानून व्यवस्था से खिलवाड़ करना केवल अराजकता को जन्म देता है।

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    — Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) April 16, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

"Whoever interferes with our justice system for political purposes to intimidate and threaten someone in the society, is also a partner of crime along with the criminal," he charged reminding the Yogi government that there are courts to ensure that any criminal gets the harshest punishment. Playing with law and order only gives birth to anarchy, he said.

Also read: Drug addict, jobless youth shot dead Atiq Ahmed

Reacting to the incident last night, Akhilesh Yadav tweeted in Hindi, "Crime has reached its peak in Uttar Pradesh and the morale of the criminals is high. When someone can be killed by firing openly amid the security cordon of the police, what about the safety of the general public? Fear is being created among the public. It seems that some people are deliberately creating such an atmosphere."

  • उप्र में अपराध की पराकाष्ठा हो गयी है और अपराधियों के हौसले बुलंद है। जब पुलिस के सुरक्षा घेरे के बीच सरेआम गोलीबारी करके किसीकी हत्या की जा सकती है तो आम जनता की सुरक्षा का क्या। इससे जनता के बीच भय का वातावरण बन रहा है, ऐसा लगता है कुछ लोग जानबूझकर ऐसा वातावरण बना रहे हैं।

    — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) April 15, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati took a jibe at the Yogi government saying that the state has now become 'Encounter Pradesh'. "Instead of 'rule of law by law' in Uttar Pradesh, how appropriate is it that it becomes 'encounter Pradesh'?" she wrote on Twitter pointing out that the shooting incident bears a close resemblance with the Umesh Pal murder case. She raised questions on the law and order situation in the state and its style of functioning. BJP leader Umesh Pal was killed by Atiq's men in 2005.

  • 2. देश भर में चर्चित इस अति-गंभीर व अति-चिन्तनीय घटना का माननीय सुप्रीम कोर्ट अगर स्वंय ही संज्ञान लेकर उचित कार्रवाई करे तो बेहतर। वैसे भी उत्तर प्रदेश में ’’कानून द्वारा कानून के राज’’ के बजाय, अब इसका इण्काउण्टर प्रदेश बन जाना कितना उचित? सोचने की बात।

    — Mayawati (@Mayawati) April 16, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Danish Ali, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP from Amroha said the "cold-blooded" murder of Ahmad and his brother is the "height of anarchy" in Uttar Pradesh. In a tweet, he said, "This can't happen without a go-ahead from the top. In any other democracy the state government must have been dismissed for such a heinous crime against the rule of law."

Also read: Atiq Ahmed rose as a politician but fell as a gangster

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary retweeted a video of the incident and questioned, "Is this possible in a democracy?" Veteran politician and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said, "Two murders in UP: 1) Atiq Ahmed and brother Ashraf 2) Rule of law."

Speaking to reporters, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that those celebrating 'encounter raj' are responsible for Atiq Ahmed's killing. On the other hand, some BJP leaders took to social media to celebrate the murder. In a cryptic tweet, Uttar Pradesh minister Swatantra Dev Singh said, "Sins and virtue are accounted for in this birth."

Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range during a media interaction Saturday night. The gangsters were being escorted by the Prayagraj police to a medical college for a checkup. Weeks before his murder, the gangster who was then lodged at Sabarmati Jail said to the media that he fears being killed in a false 'encounter' while on his way to Prayagraj.

Atiq was recently convicted by a Prayagraj court in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. His death fell on the same day his son was buried after he was killed in a police encounter.

Lucknow: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at the Yogi government for advocating 'mobocracy' and gun culture for meting out justice to gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed. In a series of tweets, he said that it is unconstitutional to advocate bullet culture.

"Our constitution has been drafted by our freedom fighters. This constitution and our law attain the highest position and no one can be allowed to mess with it. Judiciary has the right to decide how a criminal should be punished," he wrote on Twitter. This right cannot be given to any government, leader or any single person who violates the law, he added.

  • समाज में किसी को डराने व धमकाने के लिए जो भी हमारी न्याय प्रणाली में राजनैतिक उद्देश्य से दखलअंदाज़ी करता है,अपराधी के साथ वो भी दंड का भागीदार है।

    किसी भी मुजरिम को सख़्त से सख़्त सजा मिले,इसके लिए अदालतें हैं।

    क़ानून व्यवस्था से खिलवाड़ करना केवल अराजकता को जन्म देता है।

    3/3

    — Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) April 16, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

"Whoever interferes with our justice system for political purposes to intimidate and threaten someone in the society, is also a partner of crime along with the criminal," he charged reminding the Yogi government that there are courts to ensure that any criminal gets the harshest punishment. Playing with law and order only gives birth to anarchy, he said.

Also read: Drug addict, jobless youth shot dead Atiq Ahmed

Reacting to the incident last night, Akhilesh Yadav tweeted in Hindi, "Crime has reached its peak in Uttar Pradesh and the morale of the criminals is high. When someone can be killed by firing openly amid the security cordon of the police, what about the safety of the general public? Fear is being created among the public. It seems that some people are deliberately creating such an atmosphere."

  • उप्र में अपराध की पराकाष्ठा हो गयी है और अपराधियों के हौसले बुलंद है। जब पुलिस के सुरक्षा घेरे के बीच सरेआम गोलीबारी करके किसीकी हत्या की जा सकती है तो आम जनता की सुरक्षा का क्या। इससे जनता के बीच भय का वातावरण बन रहा है, ऐसा लगता है कुछ लोग जानबूझकर ऐसा वातावरण बना रहे हैं।

    — Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) April 15, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati took a jibe at the Yogi government saying that the state has now become 'Encounter Pradesh'. "Instead of 'rule of law by law' in Uttar Pradesh, how appropriate is it that it becomes 'encounter Pradesh'?" she wrote on Twitter pointing out that the shooting incident bears a close resemblance with the Umesh Pal murder case. She raised questions on the law and order situation in the state and its style of functioning. BJP leader Umesh Pal was killed by Atiq's men in 2005.

  • 2. देश भर में चर्चित इस अति-गंभीर व अति-चिन्तनीय घटना का माननीय सुप्रीम कोर्ट अगर स्वंय ही संज्ञान लेकर उचित कार्रवाई करे तो बेहतर। वैसे भी उत्तर प्रदेश में ’’कानून द्वारा कानून के राज’’ के बजाय, अब इसका इण्काउण्टर प्रदेश बन जाना कितना उचित? सोचने की बात।

    — Mayawati (@Mayawati) April 16, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data=" ">

Danish Ali, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP from Amroha said the "cold-blooded" murder of Ahmad and his brother is the "height of anarchy" in Uttar Pradesh. In a tweet, he said, "This can't happen without a go-ahead from the top. In any other democracy the state government must have been dismissed for such a heinous crime against the rule of law."

Also read: Atiq Ahmed rose as a politician but fell as a gangster

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary retweeted a video of the incident and questioned, "Is this possible in a democracy?" Veteran politician and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said, "Two murders in UP: 1) Atiq Ahmed and brother Ashraf 2) Rule of law."

Speaking to reporters, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that those celebrating 'encounter raj' are responsible for Atiq Ahmed's killing. On the other hand, some BJP leaders took to social media to celebrate the murder. In a cryptic tweet, Uttar Pradesh minister Swatantra Dev Singh said, "Sins and virtue are accounted for in this birth."

Atiq Ahmad and his brother Ashraf were shot dead at point-blank range during a media interaction Saturday night. The gangsters were being escorted by the Prayagraj police to a medical college for a checkup. Weeks before his murder, the gangster who was then lodged at Sabarmati Jail said to the media that he fears being killed in a false 'encounter' while on his way to Prayagraj.

Atiq was recently convicted by a Prayagraj court in the Umesh Pal kidnapping case. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. His death fell on the same day his son was buried after he was killed in a police encounter.

Last Updated : Apr 16, 2023, 1:37 PM IST
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