Purba Medinipur, April 12 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday criticised the law and order situation under Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, alleging prevalence of "anarchy, hooliganism, looting, appeasement, and riots" in the State.

Addressing a public gathering in Purba Medinipur, he said that anarchy, violence, and unrest currently seen in the state were similar to conditions in Uttar Pradesh prior to 2017, before a double-engine BJP government was formed.

"The kind of anarchy, hooliganism, looting, appeasement, and riots that are happening in Bengal today were also prevalent in UP before 2017," Adityanath said.

Highlighting changes in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP leader said, "'Aaj UP mein no curfew, no danga. Aaj ...