India, Sept. 27 -- Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that the action taken by his government after violence erupted post-Friday prayers in Bareilly will serve as a lesson that will make future generations think twice before indulging in riots.

Targeting the Ittehad-e-Millat Council (IMC) chief Maulana Tauqeer Raza, who was arrested by police in connection with the Friday violence, the chief minister said a Maulana in Bareilly "forgot who holds power in the state" and assumed "he could disrupt the system at will."

"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 ha...