Sachin Pilot on way to Kheri stopped by M’bad cops, sent back

Bareilly: Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Acharya Pramod Krishnam on way to violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri in UP were stopped on Delhi-Lucknow highway in Niyamatpur.by Moradabad police, detained for several hours in a guest house and sent back to the state border on Wednesday.

Later, speaking with mediapersons, Pilot said, “We were not going there for any politics. We just wanted to meet the families of the victims and share their sorrow.”

The former deputy chief minister of Rajasthan said, “Why are we being detained by police. What laws have we flouted that we are being put under detention.”

Later, Pilot took to his official Twitter handle and tweeted about the incident, terming the government action as “undemocratic”. “We didn’t break any provisions of the law. These undemocratic acts of the UP government will not deter us. We will raise our voice for the victims and their families,” he tweeted.

Pilot had landed in Delhi on Wednesday morning and left for Sitapur and Lakhimpur Kheri in UP by road directly from the airport.