In PM Modi's constituency, UP Police dons priest's attire at Kashi Vishwanath temple; Akhilesh Yadav reacts

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The crowd here is not for creating law and order problems. The police is here to ensure easy darshan to people and help and guide them," Agarwal said. Noida: 42 realtors to clear dues, allow registry of stalled housing projects Further, the "priests-cum-cops" would have to welcome the devotees with the chants of "Har Har Mahadev", and would also guide them about other religious spots of Varanasi.

"The devotees get hurt if being pushed by policemen, if same thing is done by priests they take it in a positive way. Following no touch policy, policemen are being deployed in priests attire," he added. The UP cops would be given special 3-day training and will be deployed inside Kashi Vishwanath's sanctum sanctorum.

Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has demanded the suspension of the officer, seen in cops attire at the temple. Maneka, Varun Gandhi skip PM Modi's first-ever rally in Pilibhit | Here's why Yadav in a post on X said, "According to which 'police manual' is it correct for policemen to be dressed as priests? Those who give such orders should be suspended. If tomorrow any 'thag' (fraudster) takes advantage of this and loots the innocent public, then what will the UP