New Delhi, March 26 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured that people from all religions are safe in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state. The chief minister said that if Hindus are safe, then Muslims are also safe in his state.

"A Muslim family living among 100 Hindu families is safe. It has the freedom to do all its religious deeds. But let alone one, even if 50 Hindu families live among 100 Muslim families, can they be safe? No," Adiyanath said in an interview with news agency ANI.

"Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan are examples before you. If someone is being hit, we should be careful before we get hit...In Uttar Pradesh, Muslims are the safest. If Hindus are safe, then they are also safe. If there were ...