Lucknow, Oct. 4 -- Uttar Pradesh Assembly Leader of Opposition and SP MLA Mata Prasad Pandey on Saturday said that the police have barred him and a Samajwadi Party delegation from visiting Bareilly, where tensions have been running high following the recent "I Love Mohammad" row.

Local police personnel have been deployed outside Pandey's residence. A delegation of the Samajwadi Party led by Mata Prasad Pandey is scheduled to visit Bairelly today.

Speaking to ANI, Pandey said that local police served him a notice directing him to remain at home and not proceed to Bareilly. "A delegation led by me was going there (to Bareilly). I was given a notice by the police, and the inspector told me I had to stay home and not leave. If the collector...