“Today, the Congress had organised a yatra in Lalitpur district, and Ajay Kumar Lallu was taking part in it. As per his location, he is about to reach Lucknow,” Superintendent of Police (Lalitpur) Pramod Kumar said in a video statement. Lalitpur district is more than 400 km from Lucknow and takes close to eight hours to reach by road. “Adityanath’s police had left for Lucknow with UP Congress chief Ajay Lallu in the evening, but even after several hours his location is unidentified,” the UP Congress tweeted around 9.30 pm. District Congress president Balwant Singh Rajput said about two dozen party workers were injured as the police used force.

Source: Indian Express December 26, 2020 21:36 UTC