SAMBHAL (UP): Police have booked Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and local SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood’s son Sohail Iqbal and arrested 25 people following clashes between locals opposing a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque here and security personnel that claimed four lives.
Opposition parties attacked the ruling BJP at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh a day after Sunday’s violence, with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accusing the state government of orchestrating a “riot” and senior Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra alleging that the ruling party was creating a rift between the Hindus and Muslims.
The BJP hit back, dubbing the violence as “pre-planned” and said that it was instigated by those who have been taken aback by the party’s rise in the country, especially after its performance in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly bypolls.
Source: PTI News
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