Curbs under Section 163 have been extended till December 31, owing to which, the Samajwadi leaders were also stopped from entering the violence-hit area last week.

Traffic jams at the Ghazipur border as security was heightened due to the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition and Congress MPs Rahul Gandhi & Priyanka Gandhi Vadra slated to visit Sambhal.

Last week, several Samajwadi Party (SP) MPs were stopped from entering the district. Congress's Uttar Pradesh Chief Ajay Rai was also stopped citing prohibitory orders.

Rahul Gandhi’s Sambhal Visit: Prohibitory orders in Sambhal prevented Leader of Opposition Rahul’s visit, which was extended till December 31 due to violence.

Curbs under Section 163 (power to issue an order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which were set to expire on Sunday, have now been extended till December 31 in Sambhal.

Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, who were headed to violence-hit Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh (UP) on Wednesday, were stopped at the...

Rahul Gandhi, his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other senior Congress leaders reached the Ghazipur border in the morning where heavy police force was deployed and barricades put up to stop them from entering Sambhal.

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