Eight people were killed by UP yesterday in Lakhimpur Kheri after an SUV was rammed into protesting farmers, who in turn set the vehicle on fire.
At least eight people were killed in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday, including farmers and BJP workers. The incident came after farmers were upset about Deputy Prime Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit to the site. Two SUVs were reportedly set on fire by angry farmers after hitting a group of farmers.
After the incident, Congress Secretary-General Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other party leaders reached the Lakhimpur border early Monday but claimed that they were not allowed to meet the victims of the violence that broke out during a peasant protest and had claimed eight lives the day before.
Priyanka Gandhi, who is accompanied by party leader Deepender Singh Hooda, had to take alternative routes to the neighboring one Hargaon area in Saitapur as strong security measures have been put in place on the main roads amid tensions in the violence-stricken Lakhimpur area.
“We are waiting outside of Lakhimpur Kheri. We were prevented from entering by the police. We came here to meet the victims of the violence, ”said the National Secretary of Congress, Dheeraj Gurjar, at 4:30 am.
Priyanka Gandhi’s convoy was briefly stopped by police officers from Uttar Pradesh in Lucknow, where the General Secretary of Congress had arrived on Sunday evening.
According to reports, not only Gandhi, Chhattisgarh’s Prime Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Punjab Deputy Prime Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa were refused entry to Lucknow when they landed at the airport on Monday morning.
Samajwadi opposition leader Akhilesh Yadav was reportedly placed under « house arrest » prior to his planned visit to Lakhimpur Khedi in Lucknow.Farmers reportedly have FIR against Union Interior Minister Ajay Mishra Teni and his son Ashish Mishra Teni filed in Tikuni.
In the meantime, mobile internet services have been affected by violence in parts of the country The district, where officials said restrictions were also imposed under Section 144 of the CrPC – which prohibits gathering of four or more people. unfortunate « and said that eight victims have been reported so far according to the district administration.
» ADG LO, ACS Agriculture, IG Range & Commissioners are on site, & situation is under control. Appropriate efforts have been made to prevent undesirable incidents, « he added.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi, condemned the violence. Channi expressed deep fear about the tragic incident and said that the « horrific and inhuman act » must be condemned by everyone with the strongest words, according to a statement.
Channi urged his counterpart in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath, to do so Bringing perpetrators to justice in order to do justice to the families of the victims.
The farmers had gathered there to oppose Maurya’s visit to Banbirpur, the home village of the Union’s Interior Minister and MP Ajay Kumar Mishra.
The violence broke out after two SUVs allegedly ran over a group of demonstrators against the agrarian law.
Farmers alleged the Union minister’s son was in one of the vehicles, an allegation that Mishra denied.
“The incident in Lakhimpur Kheri needs a thorough investigation. Justice must be done to the victims of violence. Violence or provocation of violence is not a solution to any problem. ‘: @Capt_amarinder, « tweeted the Amarinder media advisor.
Meanwhile, the MLA of the Aam Aadmi Party and opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly, Harpal Singh, Cheema condemned the incident and said the perpetrators should be put behind bars immediately.
Shiromani Akali Dal chief Sukhbir Singh Badal demanded the immediate registration of a murder case against the son of the Union minister who allegedly crushed peasants to death.
« It seems that the government is trying to protect the son of a Union minister of state, which is shocking and reprehensible, « Badal said in a statement.
The Union’s Interior Ministry should instruct the Uttar Pradesh government to take care of the dead farmers’ families He said that justice should be done immediately / p> « Nobody is above the law … FIR according to § 302 IPC has to be registered against the son of the Union Minister for the murder of innocent farmers, he should be arrested immediately and put behind bars for this barbaric act !! », Sidhu tweeted .
Congressman Partap Singh Bajwa also called for the registration of a trial against the Union minister’s son.
« All perpetrators, including the son of MoS Home, should be charged with murder for knocking down protesting farmers . Anything else would be a gross miscarriage of justice, « Bajwa said in a tweet.
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