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.
In a landmark decision, the Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, has declared the Maha Kumbh area in Prayagraj a new district.
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.
Amid massive security, three-member judicial committee conducted inspection near the Shahi Masjid area in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal on Sunday where stone-pelting incident took place on November 24.
Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday lashed out at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh over party leaders not being able to visit Sambhal, which had seen violence, and said that imposing restrictions "is a failure" of