Meanwhile, Vishwa Hindu Parishad worker Rakesh Ranjan Tripathi expressed no knowledge of the posters and said that everyone was free to visit the ghats.

Lallu Yadav, senior Samajwadi Party worker echoed those sentiments and said that this is against the Ganga-Jamuni tehzeeb of Varanasi. “Ghats are a public place and anyone can go there and sit,” he said.

After coming to know about the posters, the police removed them from various ghats.

(With inputs from agencies)