First vehicle gets fined in UP for displaying caste identity
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Kanpur : Dec 30 (IANS) In what is probably the first case of action against displaying caste identity on the windscreens and number plates of four and two-wheelers in Uttar Pradesh, a man in Kanpur was issued a challan for writing Kushwaha and Akhil Bharatiya Maurya Mahasabha on his SUV.
According to inspector Kotwali, Sanjiv Kant Mishra, We issued a challan, the first in the city, to an SUV owner which had Kushwaha and Akhil Bharatiya Maurya Mahasabha painted on its rear windscreen. The vehicle, bearing registration number of Kanpur, belongs to one Anil Kumar. We have also fined the SUV owner for Rs 2000.
Vehicles With Caste Stickers To Be Seized In Uttar Pradesh Vehicles With Caste Stickers To Be Seized In Uttar Pradesh An order dated December 24 was sent by Uttar Pradesh Additional Transport Commissioner Mukesh Chandra to all Regional Transport Offices of the state.
You are ordered to ensure the action immediately as per the rules: Order to RTOs (Representational)
Lucknow:
Vehicles displaying caste identities in Uttar Pradesh will now invite punitive action and will be seized, according to an official order.
An order dated December 24 was sent by Uttar Pradesh Additional Transport Commissioner Mukesh Chandra to all Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) of the state asking them to seize all vehicles displaying caste identities.
In a first, Lucknow youth issued challan for displaying caste on car
This comes a day after the UP Additional Transport Commissioner issued an order to all RTOs asking them to seize vehicles displaying caste identities. A youth in Lucknow was issued a challan for displaying “Saxena Ji” on the vehicle he was travelling in. (Representative image)
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Updated: Dec 28, 2020, 06:01 PM IST
A youth in Lucknow was issued a challan for displaying “Saxena Ji” on the vehicle he was travelling in. This comes a day after the Uttar Pradesh Additional Transport Commissioner issued an order to all Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) of the states asking them to seize all vehicles displaying caste identities.
No more caste stickers on vehicles in Uttar Pradesh
Displaying caste identities on wind screens and number plates of four and two-wheelers in Uttar Pradesh will now invite
| 28 Dec 2020 6:37 AM GMT
LUCKNOW: Displaying caste identities on wind screens and number plates of four and two-wheelers in Uttar Pradesh will now invite punitive action. In recent years, it has become fashionable to write caste names like Yadav, Jat, Gurjar, Brahmin, Pandit, Kshatriya, Lodhi and Maurya on windscreens or number plates of vehicles in the state. This is essentially done to assert caste identity depending on the party power. An order sent by Additional Transport Commissioner Mukesh Chandra to all Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) states that all such vehicles are to be seized. The transport department has launched the drive after instructions from the Prime Minister s Office (PMO).
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A youth was issued a challan in Lucknow as the vehicle in which he was travelling had saxena ji pasted on it.
It has become a fashion to exhibit caste names on windscreens or number plates in Uttar Pradesh.
Just a day after Uttar Pradesh government said that displaying caste identities on windscreens and number plates of four and two-wheelers in the state will invite punitive action, a youth was issued a challan in Lucknow as the vehicle in which he was travelling had saxena ji pasted on it.
It is to be noted that it has become a fashion to exhibit caste names like Yadav, Jat, Gurjar, Brahmin, Pandit, Kshatriya, Lodhi and Maurya on windscreens or number plates of vehicles in Uttar Pradesh and some parts of the country.