Akhilesh Yadav detained from sit-in protest outside his home against farm laws
Former Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav was detained by the police after he led a sit-in protest in Lucknow near his residence. The administration sealed the road leading to his residence right ahead of his "Kisan Yatra" scheduled in Kannauj district. Also Read | Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal visits Singhu border, says “AAP supports Bharat Bandh”
Mr. Yadav wearing his party's trademark red cap, and along with a bunch of supporters, broke through police barricades placed near his residence on Lucknow's Vikramaditya Marg. Following resistance by the police, he and his supporters squatted in the middle of the road as SP workers raised slogans against the government.
Shortly afterwards, he was detained by the police, put in a bus and taken away from the spot in the heart of Lucknow.
The authorities had earlier informed that the Kisan Yatra had been denied permission, and detained several SP leaders, besides sealing Vikramaditya Marg. The clampdown had been justified citing the COVID-19 protocol in place across the state.
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Kannauj district magistrate Rakesh Mishra said, "We were informed that people will gather at one spot and launch a procession from there, and I understand that any crowd that remains static for half an hour or an hour, doesn't help anyone, not even the SP President. We had even requested that the programme be dropped,"
The 13-km Kisan Yatra from Thathia to Tirwa in Kannauj was to launch the SP's farmer marches across all districts of Uttar Pradesh. -PTC News
