Mayawati demands judicial probe in Lakhimpur Kheri incident
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday alleged involvement of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ministers in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident and demanded a judicial inquiry into the matter. In a series of tweets, Mayawati alleged that the BSP national general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP has been placed under house arrest.
“BSP National General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP SC Mishra was put under house arrest at his residence in Lucknow late last night which is still on so that the party delegation led by him could not go to Lakhimpur Kheri to get the correct report. Farmers The massacre. It is very sad and shameful.”
He further said, “With the involvement of two BJP ministers in the Kheri case of UP, proper government inquiry into the incident and justice to the victims and strict punishment to the guilty doesn’t seem possible. That’s why BSP demands a judicial inquiry. In that incident.” In which many people have been killed.”
The Uttar Pradesh Police said that eight people died in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident on Sunday.
Lakhimpur Kheri District Magistrate Arvind Kumar Chaurasia told reporters, “Four farmers and four others have died (in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident). Investigation is on. It is an unfortunate incident, it should not be politicised.”
The United Kisan Morcha (SKM) issued a statement regarding the incident which claimed the deaths of four farmers and alleged that one of the four farmers was shot dead by the son of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni, while Others have reportedly been crushed. their convoy vehicles.
Meanwhile, refuting the SKM’s allegations, MoS Teni said that his son was not present at the spot, adding that some miscreants got along with the protesting farmers and pelted stones at the car which led to an ‘unfortunate incident’.
(with inputs from ANI)
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