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Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Priyanka Gandhi observes 'maun vrat'

By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 11, Oct 2021, 18:55 pm IST | UPDATED: 11, Oct 2021, 18:57 pm IST

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Priyanka Gandhi observes 'maun vrat'

New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Congress led by general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra observed 'maun vrat' on Monday (October 11) demanding the resignation of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which his son Ashish Mishra has been sent to three-day police remand. 

Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu, along with party leaders and workers sat on 'maun vrat' seeking dismissal of the Union minister. The protest started in Lucknow at 3 pm while in the rest of the country the programme was held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. by the grand old party, IANS reported. 

A Congress spokesperson told PTI that the party is demanding the dismissal of Ajay Mishra Teni for ensuring free and fair investigation in the case. Congress and other opposition parties have taken the Uttar Pradesh government to task on Lakhimpur Kheri violence accusing it of shielding the Union minister's son. 

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi had also visited the kin of the deceased farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 6. 

In the violence that erupted during a farmers’ protest in Uttar Pradesh on October 3, eight people lost their lives, including four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri. Among the other four, two who died were present in the cars, apparently a part of a convoy of BJP workers who came to welcome Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, while one was a local journalist and one was a driver. 

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