The Uttar Pradesh government, in its reply to Supreme Court, has said that the instructions issued by the state were made following complaints received from Kanwadis regarding confusion caused by the names of shops and eateries. The Supreme Court on Monday imposed an interim stay on the controversial Kanwar Yatra directives in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand related to eateries, prompting the opposition parties to ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restrain BJP chief ministers from taking “unconstitutional” decisions. The top court heard a batch of pleas including those by TMC MP Mahua Moitra, academician Apoorvanand Jha, columnist Aakar Patel, and NGO Association of Protection of Civil Rights challenging the directives.
