Barricades erected, UP Congress leaders barred from Sambhal go to

Uttar Pradesh Police has erected barricades exterior the Congress celebration workplace in Lucknow, and stopped key celebration leaders, together with state celebration chief Ajay Rai, from visiting trouble-torn Sambhal.

The go to was scheduled for two December, however now faces recent hurdles as the federal government has prolonged its ban on the entry of public representatives into Sambhal till 10 December.

The go to goals to analyze the 24 November violence in Sambhal, which erupted throughout a court-mandated survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid, claiming six lives and injuring a number of. The survey was initiated following a petition alleging {that a} Harihar temple as soon as stood on the sire of the mosque, stoking communal stress within the area.

“Since final night time, raids are being carried out on the homes of our celebration leaders, they’re being put underneath home arrest. Proper now, the police have barricaded the world round our workplace and our employees are being prevented from coming in. We would like justice for the folks of Sambhal in any respect prices and we are going to attain Sambhal in any respect prices,” UP Congress general-secretary (organisation) Anil Yadav mentioned.