Meerut, July 13 -- Amid chaos over the murder of a 20-year-old Dalit woman, a delegation of Congress leaders was stopped by the police at the Kashi toll plaza in Meerut on Monday. The Congress alleged that the administration was preventing party leaders from reaching the victim's family while allowing leaders from the ruling BJP.

Reacting to this, Congress leader Rajendra Pal Gautam, who was part of the party delegation, said they would fight "from the streets to Parliament" to secure justice for Lalita Gautam.

The delegation was travelling to meet the family of Lalita Gautam when police halted them at the toll plaza.

"The administration is acting at the behest of the government. People associated with the BJP were allowed to pass and ...