A seven-member delegation, including former Congress president Rahul Gandhi, is scheduled to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday, October 13, to present a memorandum of facts on the issue. Lakhimpur Kheri violenceNews agency PTI quoted party sources as saying.
Party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, senior party leaders AK Antony and Ghulam Nabi Azad, MLAs Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and KC Venugopal will attend the meeting.
The party has been pushing for the immediate dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra as his son Ashish Mishra was sacked. charge sheet filed in relation to the Lakhimpur Kheri murder and rioting case.
On October 3, eight people, including four farmers, were killed after they were allegedly crushed by the son of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) minister in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh (UP). The protesters also accused the BJP leader’s convoy of crushing the protesters with their vehicles, in which several others were reportedly injured.
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