Samajwadi Party leader Dharmendra Yadav was lathi-charged, along with other party workers, by the Uttar Pradesh police during a protest in Prayagraj (erstwhile Allahabad) on Tuesday, 12 February.
The protests were triggered after the Yogi government denied Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav the permission to travel to the city.
The protesters were led by Budayun MP Dharmendra Yadav, Phulpur MP Nagendra Patel and Gorakhpur MP Praveen Nishad, IANS reported.
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