India, Jan. 7 -- The Uttar Pradesh Police had recently issued an order banning religious activity in a park in Noida, an industrial hub bordering Delhi. The order made special mention of namaaz which workers of the companies in the area used to perform in the park. Compare this ban order with temples mushrooming on the premises of public utility services like State Electricity Board, Road Transport depots, water supply offices, and government offices. In equal measure, one comes across 'presence of deities' in every nook and corner of government offices which are public properties.
The U. P. police's directive is an unmistakable act of bias against a particular religion. Consider the diktat of then Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj ...