Following a standoff with police outside the party office in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Monday said that the Congress delegation will visit the violence-hit Sambhal after restrictions are lifted.
A scuffle broke out between Uttar Pradesh Police and Congress leaders on Monday outside the UP Congress Office in Lucknow after the Congress delegation led by State President Ajay Rai left the party office to visit violence-hit Sambhal.
Congress leader Sachin Chaudhary on Monday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh Police is stopping the party delegation from going to Sambhal and demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the matter.
Reacting to the Congress visit to Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak on Monday said that the Congress party want to go there for "political tourism," adding that no one is allowed to break the law.
After the Lucknow Police served notice to Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai, asking him to postpone his Sambhal visit, the party leader said that he would go to Sambhal "peacefully."
According to police, "The incident took place at 4.30 am on Monday. The bus had been returning from Goa. The injured passengers have been shifted to a local hospital for treatment."
A Congress delegation led by Uttar Pradesh party President Ajay Rai is scheduled to visit Sambhal on Monday, where a stone-pelting incident took place on November 24.
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