The cabinet minister was travelling to Lucknow after attending various official programs in Hathras district when the incident occurred.

According to officials, the Lucknow-Bhopal expressway will be built along the lines of the Yamuna Expressway, and plans are in place to connect it from Lucknow to Kanpur via the two-lane highway and expressway.

Reiterating that Jammu and Kashmir will always be an “integral and inalienable part of India,” the Ambassador said that while the people in the region exercise their fundamental rights, such concepts are “alien” to Pakistan.