Saints submit Kairana exodus report to UP governor

June 24, 2016 22:35

A delegation of saints, led by Acharya Pramod Krishnan, on Friday submitted its report on Kairana "exodus" to Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik.

The team, constituted by ruling Samajwadi Party, met the governor at Raj Bhawan in Lucknow and submitted the report, a release said.

The delegation told Naik that they had submitted a copy of the report to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday but had not shared it with the media after the governor told them that he had come to know of some of the contents of the report through newspapers.

Krishnan told Naik that they interacted with the common people in Kairana in Shamli district in western Uttar Pradesh to ascertain the facts related to the alleged exodus of Hindus.

When the governor asked him if they had tried to meet public representatives or members of political parties, the Acharya answered in the negative.

On Thursday, the Acharya had termed the incident a "dangerous conspiracy" to disturb communal harmony in Uttar Pradesh.

"We have submitted the confidential report to the chief minister. It (the exodus) was a dangerous conspiracy to disturb communal harmony. Strict action should be taken against the guilty," he had said.

The team comprising Krishnan, Swami Kalyan, Naraina Giri, Swami Chinmayanand and Swamy Chakrapani had visited Kairana on June 20.

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