Scores of Congress workers jostled with police personnel and tried to scale barricades outside the party office here on Monday as a party delegation led by its Uttar Pradesh unit chief Ajay Rai was prevented from leaving for Sambhal,

The scuffle broke out as the Congress delegation led by State President Ajay Rai left from the party office to visit violence-hit Sambhal.

A scuffle broke out between Uttar Pradesh Police and Congress leaders as the party's delegation, led by Ajay Rai, was prevented from visiting violence-hit Sambhal.

Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai and other party leaders on 02 held a protest and raise slogans outside the Party Office in Lucknow as Police stopped them from visiting violence-hit Sambhal.Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai said "The DCP and other police officials have said that they inform us when the restrictions are lifted.

Congress workers were stopped by police from visiting Sambhal, where violence broke out over a disputed mosque site. Four people died in the clashes. The Uttar Pradesh government's extension of a ban on outsider entry until December 10 has been criticized by Congress.

Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders accuse the BJP government of placing them under house arrest to prevent them from visiting violence-hit Sambhal. They h

Police barricades outside Congress office and leader residences in Sambhal; Congress plans to visit despite government ban.

On November 24, four people died in alleged police firing after a mob protested violently against a court-ordered survey of a local mosque.

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