India, March 20 -- Glorification of cruel invaders amounts to treason, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath said on Thursday in UP's Bahraich district.

Yogi, speaking at an event in Tehseel Mihinpurwa (Motipur), added, "The result of the valour and bravery of Maharaj Suheldev was that for 150 years no foreign invader dared to attack India. Glorifying any invader means strengthening the foundation of treason, independent India cannot accept any traitor who insults the great men of India, glorifies those invaders who trampled the eternal culture of India, attacked our faith, today's new India cannot accept him at all."

This follows a large-scale arson, vandalism and stone-pelting incidents between two communities in Nagpur on Marc...