A total of eight people lost their lives on Sunday in the violence that broke out during the farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur Kheri. Congress national general secretary Priyanka Gandhi wanted to go to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet the families of the victims regarding this matter. However, the administration did not allow them to do so. In such a situation, he has been kept as a custody in the guest house of Sitapur along with the Congress leaders.
Cleanliness inside guest house: During this, a video of Priyanka Gandhi has surfaced from Sitapur Guest House, in which she is seen cleaning inside the guest house. Let us tell you that this video of him sweeping is going viral on social media. Priyanka Gandhi has said that “I will not take food until I am not allowed to meet the suffering families of farmers and other farmers.”
At the same time, there was anger among the Congress workers regarding the detention of Priyanka Gandhi. Congressmen gathered outside the guest house raised slogans against the ruling BJP and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
Uttar Pradesh Congress President Ajay Kumar Lallu told ‘Bhasha’ that Priyanka Gandhi and some other leaders, including Congress Rajya Sabha member Deepender Hooda, were on their way to Lakhimpur Kheri, that they were detained on the way around 5 am in the premises of PAC in Sitapur. Has been sent. He also accused the policemen of pushing Priyanka. Lallu said that Priyanka Gandhi was going to share the pain of the suffering families of farmers, but stopping them like this is undemocratic.
Meanwhile, a Congress spokesperson informed that Priyanka started a fast at the PAC camp office in protest against her being stopped. The spokesperson alleged that the room where the administration kept Priyanka was not clean. The Congress General Secretary himself cleaned the room with a broom.
Written by Prashant Bhushan: Senior Supreme Court advocate Prashant Bhushan, questioning the Yogi government over the scuffle with Priyanka Gandhi, wrote in a tweet that, “Yogi Adityanath’s police is forcibly stopping the opposition leaders from going to Lakhimpur Kheri. Police manhandled Priyanka Gandhi. BJP leaders also always go to the states ruled by the opposition, where violence has taken place, is there such a situation? Is this a democracy?” Apart from this, he wrote in another tweet, “Annihilation black, opposite wit.”
They also did not get permission: Apart from Priyanka Gandhi, the administration has not given permission to other opposition leaders going to Lakhimpur Kheri. Samajwadi Party national president Akhilesh Yadav was also detained by the UP Police and stopped outside the house. At the same time, the UP government has also issued orders not to allow Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and Punjab Chief Minister Channi to land in Lucknow.
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