Earlier today Rahul Gandhi, Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi and other Congress leaders were stopped by police at the Ghazipur border from proceeding ahead to violence-hit Sambhal. Subsequently they 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.
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
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.
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
Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai on Sunday blamed the BJP government in the state for the violent incidents in Sambhal. He added that a Congress delegation will visit Sambhal to assess the situation.
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.