Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists today clashed with police during a protest against the UP government's decision to ban their Ayodhya yatra, prompting police to use water canons to disperse them.

The protestors pelted stones at police during the demonstration at Jantar Mantar here and tried to break barricades. Police had to resort to use of water canons and mild canon charge to disperse the protestors. The protestors also burnt an effigy of SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav.