India: Congress leadership raps Himachal minister over issuing ‘BJP-like’ diktat for eateries
Congress leader Vikramaditya Singh
A decision by Himachal Pradesh minister requiring owners of all eateries in the state to display their names and identification cards has now put him in a fix. The state minister for public works department and urban development, Vikramaditya Singh, was summoned on Thursday (Sep 26) by Congress leadership in New Delhi and reprimanded for the order. Congress party, which currently rules the northern Indian state, had earlier criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh for issuing a similar diktat.
Congress leadership has reportedly advised Vikramaditya not to issue any further statement over the contentious issue. According to reports, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge was not at all impressed with Vikramaditya’s diktat.
The Congress minister had earlier posted on Facebook that the direction to the eateries was issued so that “people do not have any problem”.
Senior Congress leader TS Singh Deo had condemned the move, calling it unnecessary and discriminatory. “I don't see why such a decision was necessary. Just because Uttar Pradesh implemented this during the Kanwar Yatra doesn't mean we should follow. The name of an individual doesn’t matter when it’s the brand that's being sold," he was quoted as saying by India Today.
Congress also came under fire from All India United Democratic Front, whose lawmaker Rafiqul Islam accused the party of following the Bharatiya Janata Party's ‘divisive approach’.
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
China 'Nostradamus' called Trump's win and the Iran war. He knows what's next
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
’100,000 tons of warship’: Why sinking the USS Abraham Lincoln is Iran’s almost impossible dream
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
FACT CHECK: Did Iran shoot down US B-2 bomber amid war? Here’s what we know
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
'Today they have ZERO...': Iranian 'mothership' Shahid Bagheri gone, CENTCOM releases video of strike
)
'Khorramshahr moments on the horizon': Dead Supreme Leader Khamenei’s account issues cryptic warning
)
Vijay spotted at wedding with Trisha days after wife’s infidelity allegation in divorce petition
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
FACT CHECK: Benjamin Netanyahu assassinated in Iranian strike? Truth behind massive claim
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
'Doomsday warning': Why US just fired a nuclear-capable Minuteman III ICBM from California?
)
'THEY CALLED AND ASKED WE WANT TO TALK, I SAID...': Trump's BIG statement on Iran
)
'Military conflicts cannot...': India PM Modi issues first public response after US-Israel strike on Iran, tensions in West Asia
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
Baba Vanga's World War 3 and Nostradamus' 7-month global war prophecies return amid Iran-US conflict
)
‘Hand over power immediately, without violence’: Reza Pahlavi tells Iranian officials
&im=FitAndFill=(700,400))
'Guest of Indian Navy': Iran issues first response after US torpedo sinks Iranian warship 'IRIS Dena', mentions India
Also read:‘Vested interests?’ India’s top CA body’s silence over Anna Sebastian’s death raises eyebrows
"Congress is no different from the BJP now. By adopting the 'UP model,' they are fanning communal tensions just like the BJP. It's unfortunate to see the Congress, which once opposed such moves, now following the same path," he said.
Social media users also pointed out Congress’s hypocrisy over the matter. In July, the party had strongly opposed the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision to ask eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display the names of their owners.
(With inputs from agencies)