Prayagraj:Working president of Gujarat Congress Hardik Patel, who had reached Prayagraj to interact with the students that were recently lathi-charged by the police in Sangamnagari, was not allowed to enter the venue and was sent back by the police. While Patel claimed the programme was organised with prior permission, the police have alleged that the authorities had denied permission and therefore stopped him from entering.
A large number of police officers, PAC as well as paramilitary personnel were deployed since Saturday morning at Sardar Patel Institute of Alopibagh, where the programme was to be held. The magistrate and CO level officers had also closed the gate of the venue, after which Hardik Patel reached the venue with his convoy in the afternoon.
The police stopped them from going inside, after which the youth leaders of Congress argued with the policemen for a while and later returned from the venue at the behest of the police. Patel had reportedly organised the programme on Saturday wherein he intended to meet the victims of the lathi charge and communicate with them under the recruitment legislation in the Sardar Patel Institute of Northern Assembly Constituency.