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Breaking News: Akhilesh Yadav Claims 'Government is Putting Pressure on Eid Celebrations' | ABP NEWS

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00:00What would you like to say to the people who have been banned from their homes?

00:07My fellow journalists, you must be aware of this.

00:14I have seen that there are many seniors who have been coming here for many years.

00:20They come here for coverage and you meet them right here.

00:26There has never been so much barricading.

00:29When I was coming here today, the police stopped me on purpose.

00:35I wanted to know why they were not letting me go.

00:38They barricaded me for half an hour.

00:42When I spoke to them, they let me go with great difficulty.

00:46They let one car go.

00:50When I wanted to know why this was being done,

00:55none of the authorities had an answer.

00:58What should I think of this?

01:01Should I think of this as an insurrection?

01:04Should I think of this as an emergency?

01:07Should I think of this as a pressure, a threat,

01:13that I should not be a part of someone else's religion,

01:16that I should not be a part of someone else's activities?

01:19I don't know how many years I have been coming here.

01:23I remember the minister had brought me here for the first time.

01:26I have been coming here since that day.

01:30But I have never seen such barricading.

01:35Barricading was being done so that people could not celebrate the festival.

01:40So that people could not celebrate the festival.

01:43So that people could not celebrate the festival.

01:46So the biggest threat to democracy is the constitution.

01:50I can say this with great responsibility.

01:53I should not say this.

01:55But I am still saying this.

01:58The Bharatiya Janata Party is not running this country on the basis of the constitution.