LUCKNOW, Feb. 27 -- A coalition of student, labour and civil society groups marched from Parivartan Chowk toward the district magistrate's office on Thursday, demanding answers over the sealing of Lal Baradari on the Lucknow University (LU) campus. Police stopped the march before it reached its destination.

The protest brought together members of All India Students Association (AISA), All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA), All India Central Council of Trade Unions (AICCTU), Birsa Ambedkar Phule Student's Association (BAPSA), Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Liberation (CPI(ML)L), Jan Sanskriti Manch, RYA, Rihai Manch, Socialist Party and Nationalist Youth Party.

The march followed a 48-hour ultimatum issued by stu...