Three days before the Supreme Court stayed the UP government directive for owners of hotels, food shops and roadside eateries to display their names during the Kanwar yatra, we found the order was being coercively implemented against Muslims. We spoke with five dhaba owners who said the police asked them to send Muslim employees on leave for the duration of the pilgrimage undertaken by millions of young Hindu men every year. While the government claimed the directive hoped to maintain law and order, experts said it was unconstitutional and bringing about an economic boycott of one community.