The chief minister further said that insulting “Vande Mataram” has been placed in the category of a cognizable offence. Slamming the previous governments over the “politics of appeasement”, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that Deoband, which was once infamous for riots, fatwas, and exodus, has today become a new centre of development, connectivity, and industrial progress. Addressing a ceremony for laying the foundation stone and inauguration of 325 development projects worth Rs 2,131 crore in Saharanpur district, Adityanath said, “During 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 (Samajwadi Party government tenure), Saharanpur was infamous for riots, fatwas and exodus. Traders were living in fear. Fatwas used to be issued from Deoband on every small and big issue.…