Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Stopped At Airport: "Not Going To Lakhimpur"

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was seen sitting on the floor outside the Lucknow airport in a photo he tweeted after he was stopped today by police amid widespread protests against eight deaths in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur district, about 130 km away. Mr Baghel was on his way to address a press briefing in the state capital.  pic.twitter.com/xoZpzNswwC बिना किसी आदेश के मुझे लखनऊ एयरपोर्ट से बाहर जाने से रोका जा रहा है। pic.twitter.com/4wwslm9bZr

In a tweet, the 60-year-old Congress leader wrote in Hindi: "Without any order, I am being stopped outside the Lucknow airport." 

The picture shows him in a white kurta-pyajama, sitting on the floor, surrounded by cops and his guards who are looking at him.