Noida, April 17 -- Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday stopped a 10-member Samajwadi Party delegation led by Leader of Opposition in the UP Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey at the DND Flyway as it headed to meet protesting factory workers in Noida.

Delegations from the Samajwadi Party and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) later staged a sit-in on the DND Flyway after being denied entry into Noida.

Leader of Opposition in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, Mata Prasad Pandey, alleged "injustice" against factory workers in Noida and said a lathi charge was carried out after the government ignored their wage demands.

He said that he had flagged the issue earlier, but no action was taken. He further alleged the prolonged exploitation of la...