A heavy police force has been deployed from Samajwadi Party’s office to Akhilesh Yadav’s residence in Lucknow, UP ahead of the party supremo’s visit to ‘Kisan Pad Yatra’ on Monday. Akhilesh Yadav had announced the yatra on Sunday in solidarity with agitating farmers demanding repulsion of new agri laws.

The Uttar Pradesh sealed a road near the Samajwadi Party office here and placed barricades on it ahead of Akhilesh Yadav's visit to Kannauj for a 'Kisan Yatra', with the party terming the administration's move as "undemocratic". "Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav was to go to Kannauj for a programme, but the Kannauj district magistrate did not give permission for it. Therefore, the portion of the Vikramaditya Marg leading to the SP office has been sealed," Station House Officer (SHO), Gautampalli, Chandrashekhar Singh said.

Yadav, a former Uttar Pradesh chief minister, was slated to travel to Kannuaj, around 125 km from the Uttar Pradesh capital, for a tractor rally as part of the 'Kisan Yatra' in support of farmers protesting against the Centre's new agricultural laws and the 'Bharat Bandh' called by them on Tuesday. The 13-km yatra was planned from Thathia to Tirwa. "This is an undemocratic move by the state government," SP national spokesperson Rajendra Chaudhary said reacting to the sealing of the road leading to his party's office here.

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