LUCKNOW: The Yogi Aditya Nath government is considering framing the Uttar Pradesh Control of Organised Crime Act or UPCOCA in conjunction with other stringent measures along the lines of the law in Maharashtra, known as MCOCA.Gujarat, too, has a similar law passed by its legislature in April 2003, but is awaiting presidential approval. It was then observed that since Maharashtra and Gujarat had allegedly applied the law against the minorities in the two states, the UPA did not allow it in UP.By the time the 2009 Lok Sabha elections approached, Mayawati chose not to pursue it because the Samajwadi Party, in opposition then, had strongly opposed it, apprehending its "misuse". In 2008, Mayawati announced she was withdrawing the UPCOCA bill and she would not pursue it. After nearly a decade, UPCOCA is set to return. But, by the time he could launch action against them, his government fell.

Source: Times of India August 06, 2017 22:27 UTC