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Adityanath quotes Lohia to law graduates, says UP has left mafia rule behind
At the Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University convocation in Lucknow, the Chief Minister held up the socialist thinker's essay on Ram, Krishna and Shiv as a guide for lawyers.
Key points
- Adityanath drew on Lohia's 1956 essay 'Ram, Krishna and Shiv' at the university's fifth convocation.
- He said Uttar Pradesh had moved from 'rule of the mafia' to a settled legal order.
- Final decisions must rest with human judgment, not AI, he told the graduates.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath turned to the socialist thinker Ram Manohar Lohia on Saturday to give law graduates a lesson in character, telling the convocation of the university named after Lohia that his essay on Ram, Krishna and Shiv held three qualities every Indian lawyer needs.
“Dr Ram Manohar Lohia did not visit temples. Nor did he subscribe to any one specific mode of worship,” Adityanath said at the fifth convocation of Dr Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University in Lucknow. He said Lohia saw in Shiva deep meditation and sound decisions in good times and bad, in Krishna a compassionate heart for the poor, and in Ram a commitment to one’s word and to maryada.
“I believe that these three aspects are of great importance for a legal practitioner in India,” he said. Lohia’s essay was published in 1956.
“Rule of the mafia”
Adityanath said the state had left behind the “rule of the mafia” for a settled legal order, and that before 2017 uncertainty over law and order had held back investment. No person or office stood above the Constitution, he said, and staying silent in the face of injustice was not acceptable for a lawyer.
He cited the Emergency of 25 June 1975 and Justice H R Khanna’s dissent, and said the state had a roadmap to a one-trillion-dollar economy by 2029-30.
On artificial intelligence, he said final decisions must rest with human judgment. He said the state had cyber police stations in all 75 districts and cyber help desks in 1,583 police stations.
Supreme Court judge Justice Vikram Nath and Allahabad High Court Chief Justice Arun Bhansali also addressed the graduates, and Adityanath presented medals to the top students.