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"BJP Has Lost": SP Chief After Party Delegation Stopped From Entering Sambhal

The opposition Samajwadi Party had sent a 15-member delegation to Sambhal on the instruction of the party chief, Akhilesh Yadav, to collect detailed information about the violence that erupted in Sambhal on November 24.

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"BJP Lost": SP Chief After Party Delegation Stopped From Entering Sambhal

Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh: On their way to violence-hit Sambhal, a delegation of the Samajwadi Party (SP) was stopped at different place in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday. Sharing her experience, MP Iqra Munawwar Hasan said she along with a delegation were stopped as they were prepared to visit the locality.  The Kairana MP said how the delegation can be stopped from going to Sambhal, adding that she will raise the issue in the Parliament.

The opposition Samajwadi Party had sent a 15-member delegation to Sambhal on the instruction of the party chief, Akhilesh Yadav, to collect detailed information about the violence that erupted in Sambhal on November 24. The violence hit Sambhal when protesters gathered around a Jama Masjid after a survey team arrived at the Masjid on a petition claiming that the Masjid was previously a Harihar temple. At least five people lost their lives in the police firing when a clash broke out between the police and the protesters.

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The SP state president, Shyam Lal Pal, had earlier informed that a delegation will visit Sambhal on the order of Akhilesh Yadav. Lal Pal said besides him, the delegation would include the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Assembly, Mata Prasad Pandey; the Leader of the Opposition in the Legislative Council, Lal Bihari Yadav; and MPs Ziaur Rahman Barq, Harendra Malik, Ruchi Veera, Iqra Hasan, and Neeraj Maurya.

Mata Prasad Pandey said after being stopped, the authorities told them that the entry ban has been extended till December 10, adding that he will decide the next move after discussing the issue at the party office. Pandey accused the administration of hiding the wrongdoing in the area, noting that their visit would have exposed the mistakes.

The SP MLA  Pandey noted that despite they had issued necessary protocol, the government has kept them under house arrest since midnight as they wanted to visit Sambhal.  “We are not even allowed to go to the party office. Now, the time for the dialogue has passed, and we will not be able to reach there. Therefore, we will discuss with our National President and plan again,”  he said adding that they will go for the dialogue at any cost in a video shared by news agency IANS. Meanwhile, the Sambhal district administration has also released a prohibition order till December 10.

 

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SP Leaders React To Ban On Entry To violence-Hit Sambhal 

The SP chief, Akhilesh Yadav, has reacted to the prohibitory order and said that imposing a ban shows the failure of the BJP government’s governance, administration, and government management. “If the government had imposed such a ban earlier on those who dreamed of causing riots and made people raise frenzied slogans, the atmosphere of harmony and peace in Sambhal would not have been spoiled,” the former chief minister said, demanding that the entire administrative board from top to bottom in Sambhal should be suspended and dismissed by accusing them of negligence due to conspiracy.

The SP leader asked the government to take strict action against the officials responsible, including cases for murder. Referring to the state government’s alleged indifference, the SP chief said, “The BJP has lost.”

 

Several SP leaders have reacted to the administration’s ban on entry to Sambhal. SP MLA Ravidas Mehrotra has started a sit-in protest, stating that the inquiry commission has arrived today and the DM and SSP are getting statements dictated according to their own agenda using fear and pressure tactics. “We wanted to go there to maintain peace and order…” Mehrotra said, referring to Sambhal.

 

Reacting to the development, SP MP Ruchi Veera alleged that the police administration is putting as much strength and efficiency into stopping the delegation, adding that if they should have done it in Sambhal, “five lives could have been saved,” the SP leader was heard saying in a video shared by news agency ANI.

 

Since October 24, the situation in Sambhal has remained tense, and the police have prevented MPs, MLAs, and all the outsiders from entering the locality. Earlier, MPs, including from the Indian Union Muslim League, were stopped on their way to the violence-hit Sambhal.

 

 

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