SP delegation stopped from going to Sambhal

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav hit out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning when a party delegation led by Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Mata Prasad Pandey was stopped from going to Sambhal, where violence on November 24 had claimed four lives during protests against a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid. The Samajwadi Party also claimed that its state president Shyam Lal Pal, MP Ruchi Veera and MLA Pinki Yadav were also stopped from going to Sambhal. That is why we are being stopped.” SP MLA, 2 dist presidents arrested, MP detained, freed later MEERUT Police arrested Samajwadi Party MLA Kamal Akhtar, the party’s district presidents Jaiveer Yadav, Asgar Ali Ansari and detained the party’s Moradabad MP Ruchi Veera and Asmoli MLA Pinki Yadav on Saturday while they were attempting to reach Sambhal despite prohibitory orders. Moradabad superintendent of police Ranvijay Singh said MLA Kamal Akhtar, party’s district presidents Jaiveer Yadav and Asgar Ali Ansari were arrested in Moradabad while they were trying to go to Sambhal along with their supporters.