Samajwadi Party MP, workers inured in clash with police

Samajwadi Party (SP) workers clashed with police in several parts of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday after the state government clipped the wings of their president Akhilesh Yadav, preventing him from flying to Allahabad on the grounds of law and order. Protests broke out in Allahabad, Jaunpur, Jhansi, Kannauj, Balrampur, Jalaun, Azamgarh and Gorakhpur, among other places, where SP supporters smashed windscreens of vehicles and clashed with the police. Roads were blocked in Gorakhpur. (Image Credit: PTI)

Samajwadi Party MP Dharmendra Yadav who received injuries in the police action on the party workers during a protest over the party chief Akhilesh Yadavs alleged detention, in Prayagraj

Police baton charge Samajwadi Party workers who were blocking a road during a protest over the party chief Akhilesh Yadavs detention.

An injured Samajwadi Party worker lying on the road after a police action on the party workers. The former chief minister was detained at Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport after he tried to board a special flight for Prayagraj to attend a function of the Allahabad University Students Union (AUSU).

Several party workers were injured in Prayagraj and other parts of the state in the police action.

Samajwadi Party workers stage a protest at Raj Bhavan after their party president Akhilesh Yadav was stopped at Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport, in Lucknow.

Samajwadi Party workers attending the oath ceremony of the Allahabad University Students Union, in Prayagraj. Yadav was supposed to attend the ceremony.