Meerut, March 28 -- The Meerut police administration's stern directive prohibiting the offering of Eid-ul-Fitr prayers on streets has ignited a political controversy in the state. The order, aimed at maintaining law and order during the festival, has drawn sharp criticism from Union minister and NDA ally Jayant Chaudhary, who likened the move to the oppressive surveillance and control depicted in George Orwell's dystopian novel '1984'....