Opposition leaders were stopped from leaving Lakhimpur Kheri, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday called for joint action by political parties against this “oppression” and met Rahul Gandhi in this regard. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who reached Lakhimpur Kheri in the early hours of Monday, was detained in Sitapur and not allowed to enter the village where eight people lost their lives in violent clashes on Sunday.
Many other leaders of opposition parties including Congress, AAP, SP and BSP have been detained by the UP government and stopped from going to Lakhimpur Kheri. Raut tweeted, “Lakhimpur Kheri violence has shaken the nation, Priyanka Gandhi has been arrested by the UP government, opposition leaders are being prevented from meeting farmers. Joint opposition action against harassment by government in UP Is required.”
He met former Congress President Rahul Gandhi at 4.15 pm today to chalk out a strategy for a united opposition. The Shiv Sena and the Congress, along with the NCP, jointly run the Maha Vikas Aghadi government in Maharashtra after the Shiv Sena left the BJP-led NDA alliance in 2019.
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