A Special Investigation Team of Uttar Pradesh Police has concluded that Violence in Lakhimpur Kheri, UP on October 3 who killed eight people There was a “pre-planned conspiracy”, Federation Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishrason of Ashish Mishra is the main accused If. He was in a convoy of cars that crushed farmers protesting against controversial agricultural laws that have since been repealed. Two cars were owned by the minister. In violence later that day, three BJP workers in the convoy were thrashed to death by protesters. The charges are yet to be proved in a court, but the minister is on the defensive Opposition stalled Parliament for two days, seeking dismissal. The allegations against his son are serious. The police have sought quashing of the initial charges against the accused under sections 304A (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 279 (reckless driving) and 338 (causing grievous hurt) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). They now seek section 307 (attempt to murder), section 326 (causing hurt with dangerous weapon), section 34 (act done by several persons) and section 3/25 of Arms Act against Mr. Ashish Mishra.
It could be argued that a father is not accountable for his son’s actions, but in this instance it is fraudulent. The son has been a major character in the father’s politics, and the minister’s continuance in the council has become morally untenable. Mr. Ajay Kumar Mishra has escalated the situation for himself by misbehaving with a journalist who had questioned him on the issue. Their behavior caught on cameraIndecent to a minister. The violence by the minister’s followers on 3 October was one of the factors that forced the hand of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who refused to repeal agricultural laws. The BJP appears to be defending the minister, although the official argument is limited to the point that the matter cannot be discussed in Parliament as it is before a court. Mr. Ajay Kumar Mishra’s audacity has proved costly for the BJP, but the party can be cautious in dealing with him. Assembly elections are about to take place in Uttar Pradesh and the party may not want to wing further. An element of internal power struggle in the BJP’s UP unit is unmistakable in the violent incident and subsequent police response. Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra had done political calculations in adopting a militant stand against the farmers. But now they may have to pay the price, as this incident puts the party’s state and central governments on the back foot. Fairness demands that he should not continue as a Union minister.
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