Chaos At Akhilesh Yadav's Azamgarh Rally, Days After Disturbance In Prayagraj
NDTV
The public rally was being held for the SP candidate in the Lalganj Lok Sabha seat, which Akhilesh Yadav's party is trying to win for the first time since 2004.
There was a stampede-like situation at an election rally in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh Tuesday that was headlined by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. The chaos erupted after the former UP Chief Minister arrived at the event, with over-eager party workers and supporters jostling with each other, and climbing over wooden barriers, to see Mr Yadav. संतकबीरनगर में उमड़ा ये जनसमर्थन बता रहा है कि भाजपा के विरुद्ध उठा ये जन सैलाब भाजपा के काग़ज़ी कामों और झूठे वादों की कश्ती डुबो देगा।जनता ‘इंडिया गठबंधन' से जिस उम्मीद और भरोसे से जुड़ रही है, हम उसका मान रखेंगे।जनता छठे चरण में भाजपा की भरपूर छँटाई कर देगी।… pic.twitter.com/CfX8SxrWjC
As the jostling and shoving escalated, not helped at points by unruly sections, the meeting devolved into bedlam. This was the third time a rally led by Mr Yadav has ended in disorder.
Visuals from the scene today showed carnage at a fair ground in the town of Saraymeer, with broken chairs and torn streamers littering the ground, prompting the police to step in and try and control the situation. The cops had to resort to a lathi charge to do so.
