<p class="title">Uttar Pradesh government has recommended withdrawal of 38 criminal cases against more than 100 people, including former union minister Sanjiv Baliyan, who were accused in 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal riots.</p>.<p class="bodytext">State home department has written a letter to the district magistrate of Muzaffarnagar asking him to approach the district court for its permission to withdraw the cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the opposition parties slammed the government decision, the BJP welcomed it saying that most of the cases were ''politically motivated''.</p>.<p class="bodytext">''It is clear that the state government wants to shield BJP leaders, who had inflamed communal passion in Muzaffarnagar,'' said a Samajwadi Party leader here.</p>
<p class="title">Uttar Pradesh government has recommended withdrawal of 38 criminal cases against more than 100 people, including former union minister Sanjiv Baliyan, who were accused in 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal riots.</p>.<p class="bodytext">State home department has written a letter to the district magistrate of Muzaffarnagar asking him to approach the district court for its permission to withdraw the cases.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While the opposition parties slammed the government decision, the BJP welcomed it saying that most of the cases were ''politically motivated''.</p>.<p class="bodytext">''It is clear that the state government wants to shield BJP leaders, who had inflamed communal passion in Muzaffarnagar,'' said a Samajwadi Party leader here.</p>