A Samajwadi Party worker staged a protest by chaining himself outside party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s residence as police set up barricades in anticipation of Yadav’s visit to the Jayaprakash Narayan International Centre (JPNIC) in Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar. The visit is to commemorate the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan, leading to heightened security measures in the area.