<p align="justify" class="title">Tension gripped parts of Uttar Pradesh as Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal (BD) workers took out 'Tiranga Yatras' (marches carrying tricolor) on Wednesday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="title">The marches were taken out in several districts, including Agra, which is very close to Kasganj - where communal clashes on Republic Day claimed one life and left many injured.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">According to the reports 'Tiranga Yatras' were also taken out in communally sensitive town including Ferozabad, Etah, Bareilly, Aligarh and Shahjahanpur.</p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Police deny</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Police, however, claimed that no 'yatras' were taken out as permission for the same was denied.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Pictures of the 'yatras', however, appeared on the local media networks in several districts.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Marchers, who carried tricolors in their hands, shouted ''anti-Pakistan'' slogans, sources said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Cries of 'vandemataram' and 'Jai Shriram' also rented the air during the marches.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">According to reports, Shahjahanpur became tense after some miscreants pelted stones at the marchers near Bilariyaganj police outpost in which one youth was injured.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Irate VHP and Bajarang Dal workers demanded miscreants' arrest as a large number of sesecurity personnel were deployed to thwart any attempt to disrupt peace, sources said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Sources said that police and saffron workers had a scuffle in Ferozabad after the former tried to stop the march, which didn't have permission.</p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Tight-lipped</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">When asked if permission was granted for taking out the 'Tiranga Yatras', senior officials remained tight-lipped.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The newly appointed Police Chief of the State, O P Singh, had earlier said that no permission was required for 'tiranga yatras'</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Violence had broken out at Kasganj during a similar march on Republic Day in which one person was killed and several others injured.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">VHP leaders said that the 'yatras' were being taken out to press the demand to pay tribute to Chandan Gupta, who was killed in the Kasganj violence and declare him a martyr.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Senior UP IAS officer and district magistrate of communally sensitive Bareilly had also recently said in his post on social media that it had become a ''fashion to undertake marches in Muslim dominated areas and shout anti-Pakistan slogans''.</p>
<p align="justify" class="title">Tension gripped parts of Uttar Pradesh as Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal (BD) workers took out 'Tiranga Yatras' (marches carrying tricolor) on Wednesday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="title">The marches were taken out in several districts, including Agra, which is very close to Kasganj - where communal clashes on Republic Day claimed one life and left many injured.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">According to the reports 'Tiranga Yatras' were also taken out in communally sensitive town including Ferozabad, Etah, Bareilly, Aligarh and Shahjahanpur.</p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Police deny</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Police, however, claimed that no 'yatras' were taken out as permission for the same was denied.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Pictures of the 'yatras', however, appeared on the local media networks in several districts.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Marchers, who carried tricolors in their hands, shouted ''anti-Pakistan'' slogans, sources said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Cries of 'vandemataram' and 'Jai Shriram' also rented the air during the marches.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">According to reports, Shahjahanpur became tense after some miscreants pelted stones at the marchers near Bilariyaganj police outpost in which one youth was injured.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Irate VHP and Bajarang Dal workers demanded miscreants' arrest as a large number of sesecurity personnel were deployed to thwart any attempt to disrupt peace, sources said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Sources said that police and saffron workers had a scuffle in Ferozabad after the former tried to stop the march, which didn't have permission.</p>.<p align="justify" class="CrossHead">Tight-lipped</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">When asked if permission was granted for taking out the 'Tiranga Yatras', senior officials remained tight-lipped.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The newly appointed Police Chief of the State, O P Singh, had earlier said that no permission was required for 'tiranga yatras'</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Violence had broken out at Kasganj during a similar march on Republic Day in which one person was killed and several others injured.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">VHP leaders said that the 'yatras' were being taken out to press the demand to pay tribute to Chandan Gupta, who was killed in the Kasganj violence and declare him a martyr.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">Senior UP IAS officer and district magistrate of communally sensitive Bareilly had also recently said in his post on social media that it had become a ''fashion to undertake marches in Muslim dominated areas and shout anti-Pakistan slogans''.</p>