BREAKING: Rahul Gandhi's Convoy Halted at Ghazipur Border on Way to Sambhal`
Sambhal(The Uttam Hindu): Congress Members of Parliament Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi are on their way to Sambhal today, but their convoy has been stopped at the Ghazipur flyover. The local administration has refused them permission to continue their journey. In preparation for their arrival, extensive measures have been implemented to prevent Rahul and Priyanka from advancing. The District Magistrate of Sambhal has written to the District Magistrates of neighbouring districts, requesting them to apprehend Rahul Gandhi at the border. In addition, a major traffic jam has surfaced at the Ghazipur border, which shares the boundary with Delhi.
The police barricades are the reasons behind the traffic jams at the Ghazipur border, and a significant number of police have been deployed there. The administration has put four neighboring districts on high alert: Bulandshahr, Amroha, Ghaziabad, and Gautam Buddha Nagar. The officials in those districts have been asked not to let Rahul Gandhi and his accompanying leaders cross the district borders. Moreover, Sambhal's Superintendent of Police, KK Bishnoi, has appealed to Rahul Gandhi to not visit Sambhal.
Meanwhile, Congress workers gathered at the Ghazipur border (Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border point), raising slogans in support of Rahul Gandhi.
On the security arrangements, ACP Indirapuram Swatantra Kumar Singh told IANS, "Security deployment has been made here for precautionary reasons. We will follow all instructions as directed." The visit comes amid restrictions on entry of outsiders imposed by the district administration until December 10, following the violence during a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid that killed five people.
Rahul Gandhi and newly-elected Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with five party MPs from Uttar Pradesh, are set to visit Sambhal district on Wednesday, which has witnessed violent clashes that occurred late last month. Sambhal has been tense since November 19, when a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid led to claims that a Harihar temple previously stood at the site. Violence broke out during a second survey on November 24, with clashes between protesters and security forces.
