Varanasi, Dec. 20 -- Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai on Saturday took a sharp dig at the Yogi Adityanath-led government over the alleged codeine-based cough syrup case, remarking that "the bulldozer seems to have caught a chill."He accused the government of trying to suppress voices by "blowing whistles."Addressing the media at his residential office in Lahurabir, Rai referred to the production of Azad Adhikar Sena national president Amitabh Thakur before a Varanasi court on Friday under heavy security.
He alleged that police personnel deployed at the court kept blowing whistles to prevent Thakur from speaking to the media.
Rai said the state government has now resorted to silencing dissent by such means. He added that the issue...