Standoff between Priyanka, UP govt over: Cong

July 20, 2019 15:26

JUST IN: Standoff between Priyanka Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh government has ended, the Congress party said on Saturday.

Priyanka is leaving Chunar guesthouse, where she was staying since yesterday, and heading to Varanasi, Congress leader Ajay Rai said.

Priyanka, the Congress general secretary for Uttar Pradesh (East), will be visiting Kashi Vishwanath temple and Kaal Bhairav temple in Varanasi to offer prayers later today.

Earlier, expressing anger over members of the aggrieved families from Sonbhadra being stopped from meeting her, Priyanka said they have come here in 'great grief' and should at least be allowed a meeting.

The Congress general secretary's remark came after 15 family members of Sonbhadra clash victims were stopped from entering the Chunar guesthouse where she spent a night in detention. -- PTI/ANI

IMAGE: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra consoles a family member of Sonbhadra massacre victim, who had travelled to Chunar Fort to meet her after the former was stopped from proceeding to Sonbhadra, in Mirzapur, on Saturday, Photograph: PTI Photo

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