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."
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.
"...Today, I am afraid that the situation which was during 1947, we are being taken towards that direction. When the youth talk of jobs, they don't get it. We don't have good hospitals, education...They are not improving the condition of roads but are trying to demolish the mosque in search
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday blamed the government after the first week of the Winter session of Parliament washed out and alleged that the "government is cooperating" in getting the Parliament proceedings adjourned.
As the chaos emerged over the SP delegation's visit to Sambhal, Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Iqra Munawwar Hasan on Saturday said that she was stopped by the police from visiting the violence-affected district. She said that the party delegation wanted to make a correct analysis and find out who