The legendary Qaisar Bagh Police Station, which is named after the intersection near which it stands, is nearly 80 years old, having been established in 1939 and hitehrto had donned the traditional yellow and red
As the saffron painting on the walls of Lucknow's Haj house courted controversy, parts of one of the oldest police stations situated in the heart of Muslim-dominated Old City have been painted saffron.
The legendary Qaisar Bagh Police Station, which is named after the intersection near which it stands, is nearly 80 years old, having been established in 1939 and hitehrto had donned the traditional yellow and red.
However, even as some pillars and certain parts of the building have been given a bright saffron hue against a light cream background, the inspector-incharge said it was part of an incomplete renovation. "The renovation had started almost two-and-a-half months ago as part of an annual programme," DK Upadhyaya said, while he explained that renovation was incomplete as labourers had recently stopped coming because of the intense cold.
The Lal Bahadur Shastri Bhawan, which houses the Chief Minister's office, was painted saffron in October last year. The facade of the state secretariat was given a saffron hue months after Adityanath took over the reins of the state. Adityanath loves to see a saffron towel on his seat in his office.
Recently, the chief minister flagged off a fleet of 50 saffron-coloured buses. Besides, the education department had distributed saffron-coloured school bags in government primary schools, replacing the ones that featured former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's picture.
Official booklets that were distributed to mark 100 days and then six months of the Adityanath government had saffron covers and the information diary of the state government, which contains the contacts and designations of various officials, is also saffron.
Interestingly, after the bright saffron shade on the Haj office boundary wall attracted criticism from the Opposition and flak from Muslim bodies, it was given a cream coat by the Estates department recently. The boundary wall originally was green and white.The Haj office colour prompted opposition Samajwadi Party to accuse the government of "blatant saffronisation" after a series of steps were perceived by it as "anti-minority".
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