Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu warned on Tuesday that his party would march towards Lakhimpur Kheri unless Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is released and Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish is arrested over the killings of farmers in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri.
“If, by tomorrow, the Union Minister’s son behind the brutal murder of Farmers is not arrested, and our leader @PriyankaGandhi being unlawfully arrested, fighting for farmers is not released, the Punjab Congress will march towards Lakhimpur Kheri,” he said in a tweet.
Priyanka Gandhi was detained by Uttar Pradesh Police for alleged violation of section 144 on Tuesday. She has been taken into custody under CrPC section 151. An FIR (First Information Report) has been registered against 11 people, including Priyanka Vadra, Ajay Kumar Lallu and Deependra Hooda for disturbing the peace, SHO Hargaon Police Station said.
This development comes a day after Priyanka was detained by the police after she proceeded on a foot journey towards Lakhimpur Kheri to meet families of farmers who lost their lives in the violence on Sunday.
Protesting against the Lakhimpur violence incident, Navjot Sidhu was detained on Monday for protesting outside the residence of the governor in Chandigarh, sloganeering against three farm laws. “Is demanding the arrest of those killed farmers a crime'” Sidhu had questioned while demanding the arrest of Ajay Mishra’s son.
The Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident took place on Sunday, where anti-farm law protestors were demonstrating against Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s scheduled visit to Banbirpur. It was during this when protest resulted in a deadly clash leading to the death of eight people.
Earlier in the day, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel began a sit-in protest outside the Lucknow airport as he was stopped by the state police when he was on his way to meet Ms Gandhi Vadra.
