GORAKHPUR, June 25 -- Tensions flared in Gorakhpur on Wednesday, when BJP workers allegedly attacked a convoy of vehicles of Samajwadi Party leaders and clashed with SP supporters. BJP workers blocked the route near Normal School Crossing and shouted slogans demanding SP leaders return. Reports claim that the windscreens of five vehicles in the SP convoy were smashed during the altercation.

Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh assembly, Mata Prasad Pandey and including senior leaders Lal Bihari Yadav and Vinay Shankar Tiwari, had gone to meet local traders who alleged harassment by government authorities in connection with road-widening for the Virasat Corridor project.

Pandey said that he will raise the issue of a serious security...