Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other birthday party leaders had been detained in Sitapur on Monday, with the party alleging they were now not allowed to meet the sufferers of the violence that erupted throughout a farmers' protest in Lakhimpur Kheri an afternoon earlier.
Stopping them in the sort of manner is "undemocratic", Congress country President Ajay Kumar Lallu advised PTI.
Eight humans have been killed on Sunday as violence erupted during a farmers' protest, claiming the lives of both farmers and BJP people in advance of a go to to Lakhimpur via Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
"Priyanka Gandhi, Deepender Singh Hooda and different leaders have been detained in Sitapur around 5 am," Lallu said.
The Congress leaders had to take alternative routes to attain the bordering Hargaon place in Sitapur as heavy security was deployed on the primary roads amid anxiety in the violence-hit place of Lakhimpur.
"We are waiting out of doors Lakhimpur Kheri. We had been prevented with the aid of the police from coming into. We have come right here to fulfill the victims of the violence," Congress national secretary Dheeraj Gurjar informed PTI over the smartphone at 4.30 am.
Gandhi's convoy changed into in advance in short stopped through Uttar Pradesh Police officials in Lucknow, where the Congress preferred secretary had arrived on Sunday night, within a few hours of violence being pronounced during an anti-farm laws protest here.
Demanding a judicial probe in the violence, BSP supremo Mayawati stated her birthday party's country wide standard secretary Satish Chandra Mishra was stopped in Lucknow to prevent him from attaining Lakhimpur.
"BSP's national wellknown secretary and Rajya Sabha MP S C Mishra turned into positioned under house arrest late remaining night at his residence in Lucknow. It is continuing in order that the celebration delegation under his leadership can't reach Lakhimpur Kheri to get the correct file of the violence. This is very unhappy and deplorable," Mayawati stated in a tweet in Hindi.
"Due to the involvement of BJP ministers in the Kheri case, a right government investigation of this incident, justice to the victims and strict punishment to the responsible does now not appear possible. Therefore, this incident in which 8 human beings had been confirmed useless to date calls for a judicial inquiry. This is the demand of the BSP," she stated.
Meanwhile, security has been beefed up outside the house of Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav, who had introduced that he could visit Lakhimpur.
A big police pressure has been deployed on Vikramaditya Marg, and police vans had been positioned to dam the complete avenue and restrict any feasible motion.
Mobile internet services were suspended in elements of the violence-hit Lakhimpur district, in which regulations beneath CrPC phase a hundred and forty four -- which prohibits assembly of four or extra humans -- has also been imposed, consistent with officials.
The UP Police took to Twitter early Monday to describe the incident as "unlucky" and said 8 casualties had been pronounced to date as according to the district administration.
"ADG LO, ACS Agriculture, IG Range & Commissioner are instant & situation is underneath control. Adequate deployment has been done to prevent any untoward incident," it introduced.
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