Accusing the Opposition of sympathising with criminals, Uttar Pradesh

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday declared in the State

Legislative Council that police encounters in the State would not stop.
Speaking in the House during the Zero Hour, Mr. Adityanath pointed
towards the Opposition and said everybody knew who gave patronage to
criminals.
A total of 40 dreaded criminals have been gunned down in 1,200
encounters, and this will continue, the Chief Minister said.
He was replying to Devendra Pratap Singh’s (BJP) question on propriety
pertaining to the February 13 directive of Chairman Ramesh Yadav asking
the Yogi Adityanath government to get a CBI probe conducted into three
cases, including of two police encounters.
“It is unfortunate that some people are showing sympathy towards
criminals. This is dangerous for democracy. The Noida incident which
took place on February 3, in which Jitendra Yadav was hit by a bullet, was
not a police encounter, and police do not count it as an encounter. Even the
person affected had endorsed it,” he said.
The Chief Minister urged the Chair to consider the questions raised by
Devendra Pratap Singh.
To this, Leader of Opposition Ahmed Hasan (SP) said the Chair had
already directed the government to get a CBI probe conducted. “Now it
can either recommend a CBI probe or may not do so. What is the
relevance of the objection,” Mr. Hasan asked.
Later, Chairman Ramesh Yadav said he would reserve his decision on the
question of propriety raised by Mr. Singh.