On Wednesday, Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, shared that the Uttar Pradesh police stopped his convoy at the Ghazipur border. He wanted to visit Sambhal, a place affected by recent violence, but the police wouldn’t let him go. Rahul claimed that he was being denied his right to meet the people impacted by the violence.
Rahul mentioned he was even willing to travel to Sambhal alone with just the police. However, the authorities told him to come back in a few days. “I have the right as the Leader of the Opposition to go there, but they are stopping me,” he said at the Ghazipur border. “This is not just unfair; it goes against the Constitution. We just want to see how people are doing and understand what happened.”
Priyanka Gandhi, a Congress MP, also spoke out, saying that Rahul has the right to meet the victims of the violence. She explained that what happened in Sambhal was wrong, and the police shouldn’t prevent him from visiting.
On the other hand, Uttar Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister, Brajesh Pathak, accused the Congress leaders of trying to make political gains from the situation. He urged politicians to avoid worsening the law and order in the state. “Your visit is disturbing the peace,” he said. He also mentioned that some cartridges were found, hinting at larger issues related to the violence.
The Sambhal violence resulted in four deaths and many injuries after protesters clashed with officials surveying a mosque site. The survey was ordered because of a local court decision regarding a claim that a temple was demolished to build the mosque.
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