Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath (Subhankar Chakraborty/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while talking to ANI announced tough measures to combat the anti-citizenship amendment act (CAA) rioters, and promised to seize the property of every rioter and use its funds to repair the damaged public property.
As seen in the video, Yogi Adityanath declared that under no circumstances will the state tolerate any rampage or vandalism and that there is no place for violence in a democracy.
Taking on the rioters who indulged in widespread arson, Yogi revealed that he is personally monitoring the situation and has soon called a high level meeting.
He assured that punishment would be determined for whoever found guilty and that the government would seize the property of whoever found involved in this violence.
This property would be used to fund the rebuilding of all damaged public infrastructure. Yogi revealed that faces of all the rioters have been captured in CCTV footage and the authorities would now proceed to identify them and take strict action against them.
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