As government clips Akhilesh Yadav's wings, SP workers take to streets

Samajwadi Party workers clashed with police in several parts of Uttar Pradesh Tuesday after the state government clipped the wings of their president Akhilesh Yadav preventing him from flying to Allahabad on the grounds of law and orderProtests broke out in Allahabad Jaunpur Jhansi Kannauj Balrampur Jalaun Azamgarh and Gorakhpur among other places where SP supporters smashed windscreens of vehicles and clashed with the police Roads were blocked in GorakhpurYadav said he was stopped by authorities at the Lucknow airport in a bid to prevent him from visiting Allahabad triggering outrage by party lawmakers in the state legislature and workers outside the airportThe issue rocked the Rajya Sabha as SP and other opposition parties protested over the incident disrupting the proceedings of the House The matter also caused an uproar in both Houses of the Uttar Pradesh legislatureChief Minister Yogi Adityanath told reporters that Yadavs visit could have triggered violence between rival student groups at the university The Allahabad University had urged the government to stop his visit and the government acted he said As soon as Samajwadi members came to know that Yadav was stopped at the airport they raised the matter during the Question Hour in the assemblyThe present regime is trying to kill democracy and stop our leader from visiting Allahabad party leader Narendra Verma alleged The members also trooped into the Well of the House prompting Speaker Hriday Narain Dixit to adjourn proceedings for 20 minutes It was later extended for the entire Question Hour and then for the dayBSP leader Lalji Verma also supported the SP members saying There is an anarchic government in the state which wants to suppress the voice of oppositionResponding to the issue Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said The district magistrate informed him Yadav not to visit Prayagraj as it could create law and order problems He alleged SP and BSP members throttled democracy by not allowing the House to function Amid all this high drama Yadav kept tweeting that he was prevented from boarding the airplane without any written orders Currently detained at Lucknow airport he claimedIt is clear how frightened the government is by the oath ceremony of a student leader The BJP knows that youth of our great country will not tolerate this injustice anymore Yadav tweetedThe former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said he was to fly to Allahabad from Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport to attend an event at Allahabad UniversityHe posted photographs on his official Twitter handle in which he was seen talking to police officers inside the airport The issue also generated heat outside the Vidhan Bhavan Agitated SP workers gathered outside the assembly complex in the heart of Lucknow to protest Many of them wearing red caps also rushed to the airportAgitated SP legislators also sat on dharna outside Raj Bhawan against the undemocratic behaviour of the BJP government after staging a noisy protest in the UP legislature They relented when Governor Ram Naik sent a message to them that he would meet their delegation tomorrow SP leaders said party MP Dharmendra Yadav was injured in Allahabad in cane charge by the policePrincipal Secretary Home Arvind Kumar said the university administration did not permit any political programme on the campus fearing breach of peace Due to Kumbh there is a huge congregation in Prayagraj The district administration had intimated the exCMs office and Lucknow DM about the university decision he saidAddressing a hurriedly convened press conference Yadav alleged that the Centre was involved in stopping him at the airport here and preventing him from flying to AllahabadI think the government at the Centre is also involved in stopping me State police cannot enter airport as its security is in Centres hand he claimed He described Adityanaths comments that his visit could have triggered violence as a cover to hide nervousness and said that stopping him showed how scared the government isIn a statement earlier he said the BJP has lost Uttar Pradesh but more than an election they have lost the faith that the youth of this country reposed in themExtending support to Yadav BSP chief Mayawati said the incident was extremely condemnable and asked whether the ruling BJP was afraid of their alliance because of which it is resorting to antidemocratic methodsShe described the episode as an example of total dictatorship of BJP government This is very unfortunate and this undemocratic step will be fought at all levels she saidAre the BJP governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh so afraid of BSPSP alliance that they are resorting to antidemocratic methods to curb our political activities she asked The SP and the BSP recently forged an alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha electionsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesThis 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