Lakhimpur Kheri: Sidhu and other leaders protest against Lakhimpur Violence
Sidhu and other leaders hold protest against Lakhimpur violence incident. Read more to know the details.
On Monday, Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, along with several party MLAs, held a protest outside the Raj Bhavan against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident in Uttar Pradesh. The leaders to protest include Sidhu, Madan Lal Jalalpur, Gurpreet Singh and several other members of the Punjab Youth Congress. They sat outside the residence of the Governor Banwarilal Purohit and raised slogans against the BJP.
The leaders have demanded the arrest of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra's son, who was allegedly involved in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. On Sunday, eight people were killed as violence erupted during a farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur Kheri. The incident claimed the lives of both farmers and BJP workers ahead of a visit by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.
"Of the eight dead, four were travelling in cars, apparently a part of a convoy of BJP workers who had come to welcome the minister. They were allegedly thrashed to death. The four others were farmers", said the officials. Police has registered an FIR against Mishra’s son and several others in connection with the violence.
As per the reports, the protesters condemned the detention of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s remarks allegedly against farmers. On Sunday, during a meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Kisan Morcha in Chandigarh, Khattar talked about "tit for tat" when he told the gathering to form groups of 500 to 1,000 and be prepared to even go to jail.
