"Don't get what they want to hide": Congress's Imran Masood slams UP govt after SP delegation 'stopped' en route to Bareilly

New Delhi [India], October 4 (ANI): Congress MP Imran Masood on Saturday slammed the Uttar Pradesh government after the Samajwadi Party delegation was stopped en route to visit the violence-hit Bareilly.
Speaking to ANI, Masood questioned the intent behind the state government's action.
"I don't know why they don't want them to go. I don't get what message they want to convey, what they want to hide, and why they are not letting them go," Masood said.
The Congress MP's remarks came after an MP delegation of the Samajwadi Party, including Mohibbullah Nadvi, Iqra Hasan, and Harendra Singh Malik, en route to Bareilly following last week's 'I Love Mohammad' row, was stopped at the Ghazipur border by the Uttar Pradesh Police.
Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party termed the move "undemocratic" and said it was aimed at suppressing the voices of opposition.
Launching a scathing attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, SP MP Iqra Hasan accused it of suppressing dissent and "denying people their democratic rights".
Addressing the media, Hasan said, "How many times will they stop us? We will not bow down to this government; this government is running unconstitutionally. We will never bow down to them; they will stop us once, twice, 10 times, but we will definitely reach there among our people to listen to their pain and support them."
The SP MP alleged that the administration, "acting under pressure from the ruling party", has been curbing the freedom of citizens and representatives to move freely and voice their concerns.
"Wherever someone asserts their rights, this government treats them similarly. Ladakh is one of them, and Bareilly is another. The situation in Sambhal, where we were prevented from going, was also created by the administration there under pressure from the ruling party, and this is now being played out as propaganda in Bareilly," she said. (ANI)