LUCKNOW, April 21 -- On Tuesday, in protest against the alleged conspiracy of the opposition over the Nari Shakti Vandan Act, thousands of women took to the streets in Lucknow during a "Jan Akrosh Padyatra." Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, along with Deputy Chief Ministers Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya, Panchayati Raj Minister Om Prakash Rajbhar, Rajya Sabha MP Arun Singh, and Union Minister Pankaj Chaudhary participated in the march. The protesters raised slogans against Congress and the Samajwadi Party.
All speakers said that the bill was set to be passed in Parliament on April 17, but Congress and SP not only opposed it but also celebrated after voting it down. They termed this an infringement of women's rights and warned that...