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SSP Nitin Tiwari, said, “Four FIRs have been lodged in connection with Tuesday’s protests by SP workers on different charges. SP spokesperson Daan Bahadur said that both the party MPs were in Delhi to attend Parliament proceedings. SP district spokesperson, Daan Bahadur, said, “Police targeted SP leaders at the behest of the state government when our party members had gone to garland the Gandhi’s statue at Balson Crossing on Tuesday.”He said that the police action on innocent SP workers was an insult to democracy and demanded that FIRs be withdrawn without any delay. The protests erupted after SP chief and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was stopped in Lucknow from boarding a flight for Allahabad to attend a function organised by the Allahabad University Student Union (AUSU) on Tuesday.Several SP workers and six policemen were hurt in the protests. Allahabad: Four FIRs were lodged against Samajwadi Party leaders in three police stations of the city within 48 hours, following Tuesday’s violent protests after party chief Akhilesh Yadav was stopped in Lucknow from attending an event in Allahabad University.Reacting sharply to the police action on Thursday, SP leaders alleged that police lodged the FIRs at the behest of state government..