Photographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
"To make sure that there is no law and order problem, we have spoken to all concerned superintendents of police that they don't allow any break in law and order or any 'chakka jam'. We have given instructions," a senior police official said.
Congress activists will hold chakka jams in various parts of Uttar Pradesh to protest the arrest of Gandhi and the state government's land acquisition policy....
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Prohibitory orders, which were lifted a day before Gandhi reached Bhatta Parsaul has been reimposed.Curfew will be clamped if situation warrants: Police
Image: A policeman stands guard at Bhatta Parsaul villagePhotographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
After four persons, including two policemen, were killed in Saturday's clashes between police and farmers in Greater Noida, the place has turned into a political battleground for parties which have flayed the Uttar Pradesh government's land acquisition policy.
'Attempts made to vitiate Bhatta Parsaul's calm atmosphere'
Image: Police carry an injured man to a hospital, after Saturday's clash between farmers and policePhotographs: Adnan Abidi/Reuters
Flaying the Mayawati government, Digvijay Singh said, "Our fight against the Mayawati government will continue. We will be happy to go to jail on farmers' issues".
At a late night press conference in Lucknow, UP Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh had said the situation in Bhatta Parsaul was calm and attempts were being made to vitiate the atmosphere there.
Singh said prohibitory orders were re-imposed in the area after Congress leaders sought permission from the state authorities to hold a rally in the village.
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