Political struggle continues in Sambhal. Today many leaders including UP Congress President Ajay Rai were about to step aside but UP Police has served them a notice. Lucknow Police has sent this notice to Ajay Rai. It has been said that do not visit violence affected Sambhal. Keep in mind peace and communal sensitivity in the district and cooperate. Also postpone your proposed program so that the orders of the district administration can be followed. Do not violate section 163 of BNSS.
#WATCH Uttar Pradesh: Lucknow Police issues a notice to Congress state president Ajay Rai asking them not to visit violence-hit Sambhal. In the notice given to Ajay Rai, he has been informed that keeping in mind the peace and communal sensitivity in Sambhal district, he should pic.twitter.com/75WtPUIqTW
— ANI (@ANI) December 2, 2024
We will try to control ourselves in a Gandhian way – Ajay Rai
On the notice of Lucknow Police, Ajay Rai said that they have given notice of 163 and said that going there will cause chaos. We don’t want chaos. We want peace to be restored there and we should inform our leaders about the atrocities and injustice done by the police and their government. Will tell the public. They are issuing notices and we will try to go there in a Gandhian way. Will not back down from that.
#WATCH Lucknow | Police serve notice to Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai, asking him to postpone his Sambhal visit.
Ajay Rai says, “They have issued me a notice and have asked me that my visit will cause chaos. Certainly, we also don’t want chaos but peace to prevail. pic.twitter.com/LM7hVfOjqM
— ANI (@ANI) December 2, 2024
Police did not even allow SP delegation to go
Earlier, the police had stopped the SP delegation from reaching Sambal. The police had put UP SP state president Shyam Lal Pal under house arrest. Apart from this, four MPs were also stopped at the border. Actually, the district administration has imposed Section 163 in Sambhal. DM of Sambhal has said that no outsider, no social organization or public representative will enter the district limits till December 10 without the permission of the competent authority.
Four killed, more than 25 injured in Sambhal violence
There has been a situation of tension in Sambhal since the first survey of Jama Masjid was conducted on November 19 on the orders of the court. In the petition on which the court had given this order, it has been claimed that earlier there was a Harihar temple at the place where Jama Masjid is located. Violence broke out in Sambhal on November 24 during re-survey of the mosque. In this violence, four people were killed and more than 25 people were injured. Since then, political struggle is going on over Sambhal.