Lucknow, Oct. 4 -- Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey on Saturday said that the Samajawadi Party-led delegation was being "stopped" from going to Bareilly, where protests over "I Love Mohammad" posters on September 26 turned violent.

Authorities also deployed police personnel outside the residence of Mata Prasad Pandey.

The SP leader told ANI, "We're being stopped from going... This was not a communal riot... They (Police) themselves have ruined the law and order situation... They've become partisans."

He further said that the police were "giving clear answers" about the incident between the two communities and alleged that one community is "terrified" of the police.

"If two communities had clashed, ...