Earlier today, Rahul Gandhi, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi, and other Congress leaders were stopped by police at the Ghazipur border while attempting to travel to violence-hit Sambhal. The delegation subsequently returned to Delhi.
Violence erupted on November 24 in Sambhal district during an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) examination of a Mughal-era mosque. The clashes resulted in the deaths of four individuals and left several others, including police officials and locals, injured.
In her maiden speech in the Lok Sabha on Friday, the Samajwadi Party MP also asserted the rail connectivity between Shamli, Prayagraj and Vaishno Devi.
On the Samajwadi Party's victory in the state, Iqra Hasan, who won the Kairana seat, said people are fed up with the BJP's divisive politics and they want to talk about their issues like unemployment and inflation.
Kairana, one of the key Lok Sabha constituencies located in Western Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district will witness a fierce political fight between Bahujan Samajwadi Party's (BSP) candidate Sripal Singh Rana, Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Pradeep Kumar Chaudhary and Samajwadi Party's (SP) Iqr