BJP team stopped from entering Bareilly

“Whatever had happened in Bareilly may lead to similar incidents at other places in the state,” she said. Another member of the team,Gorakhpur MP Yogi Aditynath was forced to get to down from Gorakhpur-Bareilly Express train in Barabanki,near Lucknow,at 3 AM.

He was taken to a state guest house and later sent back. Meerut MP Rajendra Agarwal was stopped in Rampur district which shares its border with Bareilly. Accusing the police of harassing her on the directions of the state government,Maneka said she was stopped in Ghaziabad,”there was a written order for not allowing me to enter Bareilly; no reason was given”.

“Only when I said that I would raise the issue before the Lok Sabha Speaker,we were allowed to reach here,” she told reporters. “There are ten police jeeps to prevent me (from entering Bareilly).”

She claimed that tension between two communities was not the reason behind communal riots in Bareilly. “Poor law and order situation in UP is responsible for communal riots.”

Referring to cleric Maulana Tauqeer Raza Khan,she alleged that while the person responsible for incting clashes was released,the district magistrate and SSP,who were working honestly and diligently,were removed without delay.