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BJP Workers Block and Attack SP Convoy in Gorakhpur

The convoy was stopped near Normal School Crossing during a visit to traders protesting Virasat Corridor road widening with on-duty police refusing to intervene.

BJP workers on a JCB block the route of an SP delegation in Gorakhpur on Wednesday (HT Photo)

Overview

  • Leader of Opposition Mata Prasad Pandey and senior SP figures were in Gorakhpur on June 25 to meet traders who allege harassment over the Virasat Corridor project’s road-widening scheme.
  • A group of BJP workers and allied traders shouted slogans demanding the SP delegation turn back and smashed the windscreens of five vehicles in the convoy.
  • SP president Akhilesh Yadav condemned the assault as a state-backed effort to suppress dissent and called for strict, impartial action against the perpetrators.
  • Pandey criticized security officers for remaining passive spectators and said he will raise the breach in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly session.
  • No arrests have been made and the local administration has yet to issue an official response following the incident.