By: Express News Service Lucknow | July 12, 2025 03:50 IST 2 min readUttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay RaiA case was registered in Varanasi on Friday against Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai and nine others on the charges of rioting, obstructing public roads and causing damage to public and private property, police said.According to the FIR, which was filed under Sections 285, 326 (B), 126 (2) and 191 (2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, police received information that some people had blocked the main road at Englishia Line intersection, causing a traffic jam. “Ambulances and commuters got stuck in the traffic jam. Public order was disrupted by Ajay Rai and his associates by taking out a procession on the public road without permission,” the FIR read.Reacting to the development, Rai said they only undertook a “peaceful march” from the Cantonment area to the point where a ropeway is being constructed.“It was part of our “pol-khol” (expose) campaign to highlight how the promise of development in the VVIP constituency is completely false. We wanted to see the arrangements for Kanwar Yatra pilgrims, who are welcomed on their way by locals but there are potholes on the roads. The projects, which were promised or inaugurated earlier are not moving forward. We started making videos of the same and started putting them online. But nowhere did we block any road. These are all false allegations to scare those who want to expose the government.”The filing of FIR in Varanasi has only made their resolve stronger and now they would undertake the “pol-khol” campaign across the state, and the Congress leaders would reach out to public to expose the government’s development claims, he added.Stay updated with the latest - Click here to follow us on Instagram© The Indian Express Pvt LtdTags:Ajay RaiUttar Pradesh Congress