A delegation of 14 Samajwadi Party MPs and MLAs who were scheduled to visit violence-hit Bareilly on Saturday (October 4, 2025) were allegedly stopped at their homes by police, Leader of the Opposition in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey said.

LoP Pandey, who was to lead the delegation, alleged that police are deployed outside the homes of all S.P. party workers, he said.

The LoP said they have received two letters, one from the police and another from the Bareilly district magistrate, saying that the S.P. delegation will "worsen the atmosphere" in the city.

Mr. Pandey added that the Yogi Adityanath government was "stopping them to hide its failures".

Bareilly witnessed violence following the Friday namaz last week.

U.P. minister J.P.S Rathore said opposition MPs and leader

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