‘This is a warning, not a request’ The posters that the VHP and BD activists put up around the ghats of the Ganges in Varanasi on January 6 and 7 had “Entry Prohibited for Non-Hindus ...

Signboards prohibiting the entry of outsiders have been put up by ... “Warning: Non-Hindus/ Rohingya Muslims and hawkers are prohibited from roaming in the village and doing business.

The VHP said it has placed the posters stating the "entry of non-Hindus is prohibited" across 56 pandals. Following this diktat, the security arrangements across pandals have been beefed up.