Ranchi: Hundreds of Congress workers Jharkhand, led by party president Rajesh Thakur, cabinet ministers Banna Gupta (health) and Badal Patralekh (agriculture), who were headed for the violence. Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh (UP) The entry into the northern state was banned in the early hours of Thursday on Wednesday.
About 250 Congress workers left for UP in cars under the aegis of state president Rajesh Thakur to protest the detention of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi and met the family members of the deceased farmers who were killed by a speeding car. , allegedly linked to Union Minister of State (Home) Ajay Mishra at Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3.
However, they were stopped at Windhamganj on the Jharkhand-UP border by a large force of UP Police in the early hours of Thursday.
Confirming the incident, Thakur told TOI, “Continuously stopping opposition leaders from entering Uttar Pradesh highlights the fear of the Yogi Adityanath government. First, they stopped our AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi without giving her permission to go to Lakhimpur Kheri and illegally detained her for about three days and now, we were stopped from entering UP.
Thakur said a group of policemen was at the border to stop his convoy. “From around midnight, we sat on the streets to protest against such arbitrariness. Now, we are returning. But we will lead a delegation to the violence-hit area in the coming days. In every possible way against the three agricultural laws of the Centre.
In Ranchi, Congress spokesperson Rakesh Sinha described the situation in UP as a “murder raj”. He said, “The situation in UP has turned into murder raj, not Ram Rajya. And the criminals are still absconding,” he said, questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on the issue, while the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of the incident.
A total of eight people, including some BJP leaders, were killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, which broke out on Sunday (October 3) after four farmers were allegedly crushed by a speeding car. Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish is accused of driving a car, while he and his father have denied the allegations. UP Police has registered a case against Ashish.
About 250 Congress workers left for UP in cars under the aegis of state president Rajesh Thakur to protest the detention of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi and met the family members of the deceased farmers who were killed by a speeding car. , allegedly linked to Union Minister of State (Home) Ajay Mishra at Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3.
However, they were stopped at Windhamganj on the Jharkhand-UP border by a large force of UP Police in the early hours of Thursday.
Confirming the incident, Thakur told TOI, “Continuously stopping opposition leaders from entering Uttar Pradesh highlights the fear of the Yogi Adityanath government. First, they stopped our AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi without giving her permission to go to Lakhimpur Kheri and illegally detained her for about three days and now, we were stopped from entering UP.
Thakur said a group of policemen was at the border to stop his convoy. “From around midnight, we sat on the streets to protest against such arbitrariness. Now, we are returning. But we will lead a delegation to the violence-hit area in the coming days. In every possible way against the three agricultural laws of the Centre.
In Ranchi, Congress spokesperson Rakesh Sinha described the situation in UP as a “murder raj”. He said, “The situation in UP has turned into murder raj, not Ram Rajya. And the criminals are still absconding,” he said, questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his silence on the issue, while the Supreme Court took suo motu cognizance of the incident.
A total of eight people, including some BJP leaders, were killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, which broke out on Sunday (October 3) after four farmers were allegedly crushed by a speeding car. Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish is accused of driving a car, while he and his father have denied the allegations. UP Police has registered a case against Ashish.
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