Blaming the Uttar Pradesh government for Sambhal incident, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader leader Awadhesh Prasad on Wednesday said that Sambhal was known for its brotherhood but the Bharatiya Janata Party tried to spoil the atmosphere.
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.
Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Tuesday raised Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal incident in the Rajya Sabha and accused the district administration of trying to 'vandalise' a 500-year-old Mughal-era-mosque---leading to the violence and ruckus that claimed lives and injured many in the dist
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.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Monday lashed out at Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP) amid the chaos over violence in Sambhal. He accused both opposition parties of indulging in politics over riots and deaths, saying that they are the ones who cause
After the police were deployed outside the residence of Congress leader Aradhana Mishra, the party leader called "anarchy," and said that it is "unfortunate" that a delegation which was going for fact-finding is being stopped from going to Sambhal.
Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Singh Yadav urged for an investigation led by a sitting judge as he expressed distrust on the probe initiated by the three-member judicial committee in connection with the violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal.