Bareilly/Meerut, Sept. 28 -- A day after Bareilly witnessed violence post Friday prayers, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said a Maulana in Bareilly "forgot who holds power in the state" and assumed "he could disrupt the system at will."

"We made it clear that there will be no blockade and no curfew," he asserted at an event in Lucknow.

Adityanath stressed that the action taken by his government will serve as a lesson.

"The lesson we have taught will make future generations think twice before indulging in riots. What kind of way is this to stop governance? Before 2017, this was the norm in UP, but since 2017, we haven't even allowed curfew to be imposed. Uttar Pradesh's story of development begins here," he said.

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