New Delhi: Following the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will address a press conference on Wednesday. This is a developing story, and it will be more updated
It was a shocking report that in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident, 8 people, including 4 farmers, died on Sunday. Several opposition leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Akhilesh Yadav, Satish Chandra Mishra, and Sanjay Singh were detained in separate incidents in a bid to prevent them from meeting the victims' families. The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a probe into the violence, by a retired High Court judge.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday attacked BJP governments at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh over the death of farmers during a protest, claiming that "autocracy" prevails in the country and "killing Raj" is going on in that State.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha alleged that Ashish Mishra Teni, son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni arrived with 3 vehicles around the time that farmers were dispersing from their protest at the helipad and mowed down farmers and towards the end also attacked SKM leader Tajinder Singh Virk directly, by trying to run a vehicle over him.
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