"They don't want anyone to visit Sambhal": SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav

New Delhi: Following the notice by Uttar Pradesh Police to Congress leader Ajay Rai asking him to cancel his scheduled visit to Sambhal, Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Monday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the State doesn't want anyone to visit the violence-affected district.
The senior SP leader said that the government doesn't want to highlight its failure and the folly of the administration before the public.
"They (BJP) don't want anyone go (to Sambhal). Akhilesh (Yadav) was going to a wedding in Meerut...they thought he would go to Sambhal. Those who commit sins always try to hide it. They won't let anyone go because they don't want the reality to come out before the public. They don't want to highlight the failure of government and the folly of the administration," SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav, who is also the party's Rajya Sabha MP, told ANI.
The Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai was earlier today served a notice by the State Police asking him to not visit Sambhal.
"Keeping in mind the peace and communal sensitivity in Sambhal district, he should cooperate in the public interest and postpone his proposed program so that the order passed by the District Magistrate of Sambhal district, Section 163 BNSS is not violated," the notice read.
Meanwhile, Rai said that he would go to Sambhal "peacefully."
"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. The atrocity and injustice that was done there by the police and the government, I want my leadership to know this. They (police) gave me notice but I will go there peacefully," Rai told ANI.
Meanwhile, Congress leader Aradhana Mishra criticised the heavy police deployment outside her residence, labelling it as a sign of "anarchy" and said that the delegation being stopped from going to Sambhal was "unfortunate".
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla earlier lashed out at Congress and Samajwadi Party and accused both opposition parties of indulging in politics over riots and deaths, saying that they are the ones who cause disruptions.