<p> A BJP central team comprising party MPs Meenakshi Lekhi, Om Mathur and Satyapal Singh was stopped from visiting the riot-hit Basirhat in West Bengal and its members were detained today.<br /><br />The three MPs, who left for Basirhat after arriving here from Delhi, were stopped by the police near Birati, close to the airport.<br /><br />Later, they were detained when they tried to proceed to Basirhat after a heated exchange with the police.<br /><br />Lekhi asked the police if the situation was under control in Basirhat, as claimed by the state government, why were they not allowed to go there?<br /><br />"We are MPs and only we three will go there. You accompany us," she told policemen.<br />The police, however, refused to allow them.a</p>
<p> A BJP central team comprising party MPs Meenakshi Lekhi, Om Mathur and Satyapal Singh was stopped from visiting the riot-hit Basirhat in West Bengal and its members were detained today.<br /><br />The three MPs, who left for Basirhat after arriving here from Delhi, were stopped by the police near Birati, close to the airport.<br /><br />Later, they were detained when they tried to proceed to Basirhat after a heated exchange with the police.<br /><br />Lekhi asked the police if the situation was under control in Basirhat, as claimed by the state government, why were they not allowed to go there?<br /><br />"We are MPs and only we three will go there. You accompany us," she told policemen.<br />The police, however, refused to allow them.a</p>