New Delhi: Samajwadi Party MP Zia Ur Rehman Barq on Saturday questioned the Uttar Pradesh government’s move to prevent a party delegation from visiting Bareilly amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the ‘I Love Muhammad’ slogan.

Barq, who was part of the delegation, strongly criticised the police for blocking their visit, calling it undemocratic and unjustified.

“When the police administration and the government in Bareilly are saying that everything there is normal and there is no problem, then what sense does preventing us from going there make? We strongly oppose this and want to go there to meet the victim families and prepare an accurate report that can help them obtain justice,” Barq said.

The SP delegation, comprising MPs Iqra Hasan, Mohibbullah Nadvi, and Barq set out from th

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