Congress workers stage protest against Lakhimpur violence

Lakhimpur Kheri incident: Priyanka Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav detained; key developments as UP boils

Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son was booked in connection with the violence during farmers’ protest in Lakhimpur Kheri. Tempers ran high as multiple opposition leaders like Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, SP president Akhilesh Yadav tried to make their way to the Uttar Pradesh district through the night but were prevented from doing so.

The protest was carried out under the leadership of the Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Anil Choudhary.

A senior police officer said some members of the Indian Youth Congress were detained when they tried to enter Uttar Pradesh Bhawan.

Security has been beefed up outside the Bhawan in view of protest called by the Indian Youth Congress.

Eight people were killed on Sunday as violence erupted during a farmers’ protest, claiming the lives of both farmers and BJP workers ahead of a visit to Lakhimpur by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Four of the dead were people in the cars, apparently a part of a convoy of BJP workers who had come to welcome the UP minister. They were allegedly thrashed to death.The four others were farmers, officials said.

An FIR has been registered against Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra’s son and several other persons in connection with the Lakhimpur violence.