UP Congress Chief Ajay Rai, Party Leaders Detained During Protest In Lucknow — WATCH

The security was tightened in Lucknow after Congress leader Rai announced that his party would gherao the Uttar Pradesh Assembly to protest against the policies of the state government.

Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Rai stages a protest after police prevented the party delegation from going towards violence-hit Sambhal, outside party office in Lucknow.

Source : PTI

UP Congress Chief Ajay Rai and other party leaders were detained during a protest march against the Yogi Adityanath-led state government outside the Uttar Pradesh Assembly in Lucknow.

"We will throw out the Yogi government from power in 2027,” Rai told reporters from a bus after police detained him amid heightened security measures in the state capital to thwart the Congress protest. 

The security was tightened in Lucknow after Congress leader Rai announced that his party would gherao the Uttar Pradesh Assembly to protest against the policies of the state government.

Ahead of the march, several leaders and party workers were put under house arrest by the UP police in their respective districts and not allowed to reach Lucknow.

#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: State Congress chief Ajay Rai and other leaders were detained by police. They were holding a protest march in Lucknow against the state government. pic.twitter.com/8rnWk33X1i

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Rai had said that the BJP government at the Centre and the Yogi Adityanath government in the state were focusing on privatisation and efforts were on to privatise two discoms of the electricity department.