The Congress has criticized an order in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand asking eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route to display their owners' names, calling it "mischief" and "bigotry". Priyanka Gandhi Vadra called the move an attack on the Constitution and demanded the order be withdrawn and strict action taken against the officials who issued it. Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera called the orders "absolute mischief" and "nothing short of bigotry".
