After Adityanath's slaughter house ban, women police battalions for UP?

Yogi Adityanath has made BJP's <i>Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra</i> the state's Magna Carta

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Yogi Adityanath during the oath-taking ceremony in Lucknow. Photo: PTI

Sai Manish New Delhi

Last Updated : Mar 22 2017 | 3:12 PM IST

With Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister (CM) Yogi Adityanath handing over the BJP manifesto (Lok Kalyan Sankalp Patra) to bureaucrats to be implemented over the next five years, there may be many more surprises in store in the times to come.One of the first things his government did after being sworn in was to declare a ban illegal slaughter houses.

One of the other things in the BJP’s manifesto that was handed over to the state’s top bureaucrats is a proposal to raise women police battalions across the state. These women battalions are to be christened as Jhalkari

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