LUCKNOW, April 14 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday denounced the violence witnessed in West Bengal during protests against the recently enacted Waqf Amendment Act.

He also criticised the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP), accusing them of continuously disrespecting national heroes, including Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar whose birth anniversary will be celebrated on Monday. The Congress did not even allow a proper memorial to Ambedkar, he alleged.

Adityanath was speaking at the 'Bharat Ratna Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Samman Abhiyan' organised at Bhaagidari Bhavan in Lucknow. He stated that lakhs of acres of land have been encroached in the name of Waqf across the country and in the state.

Encroachers do not have papers or ...