Varanasi, Sept. 19 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee President Ajay Rai has strongly criticised the BJP government over the escalating conflict between lawyers and the police in Varanasi.
Calling it a clear sign of administrative failure, Rai said the state government has remained a mute spectator while two crucial pillars of society, the legal fraternity and the police, stand in direct confrontation.
"Lawyers are not just professionals, they are the protectors of justice and the Constitution," Rai said, adding that when BJP themselves become victims of injustice and oppression, it is a serious attack on democracy.
He accused the BJP government of insensitivity and inaction, stating that it is the administration's duty to maintain harm...