Lucknow: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leaves Lucknow airport after alleging that the authorities wanted him to travel in the police vehicle allotted to him.
"We want to go in our car (to Lakhimpur Kheri) but they (police) want to take us in their vehicle. I asked them to let me go in my personal vehicle. They're planning something. I'm sitting here," Rahul Gandhi said.
At Lucknow airport, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi hit out at the authorities for allegedly trying to stop him, "What kind of permission I have been granted by UP Govt? These people are not letting me go out of the airport," Rahul said.
Gandhi is leading a Congress delegation to violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri. The delegation includes senior party leaders Bhupesh Baghel, Charanjit Channi, KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala.
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday gave permission to Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra to visit Lakhimpur Kheri.
Earlier the Uttar Pradesh government had denied permission to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit the Lakhimpur Kheri district in wake of a law and order situation.
Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday registered an FIR against Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Varda and 11 others for "disturbing the peace" in the state.
