Mathura clashes could have been avoided if HC orders were followed: Uttar Pradesh governor
The Mathura clashes could have been avoided if the Akhilesh Yadav government had followed the high court order in a timely manner, Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik on Thursday said. Voicing concern over the clashes that left two policemen among 29 dead the Governor said whatever happened in the district was unprecedented. "Whatever happened in Mathura was unprecedented. The death of two police officers besides the other people is a matter of grave concern," he told reporters here. Naik said that if the Allahabad High Court's order for removing encroachment at Jawahar Bagh had been followed, the clashes could have been avoided. "We saw what happened when the state government could not implement the Allahabad High Court's orders for removing encroachment at Jawahar Bagh. If the court's directions had been followed in a timely manner, we could have avoided such an incident," he said. Naik, who had directed the government to issue a status paper