Uttar Pradesh : Violence against ministers in Lakhimpur Kheri, 8 killed
In Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh, there has been violence and arson in the demonstration of farmers against Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya and Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni. Many farmers have been injured in the demonstration. Farmers’ organizations say that the vehicle involved in the convoy of the Union Minister crushed two farmers and the minister’s son and relatives were sitting in that vehicle. After this incident, violence started in the area and vehicles were set on fire. A large number of police forces have been deployed in the area. Arun Kumar, Additional SP, Lakhimpar Kheri, said that 8 people have died in Banwaripur uproar. Four farmers and four carriage riders are among the dead.
Farmers’ organizations also claim that eight farmers have also been injured in the incident. Farmers’ organization United Kisan Morcha tweeted, ‘Two farmers died after being crushed by the vehicles of the minister’s convoy on the roadside protesting the program of the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. and 8 farmers are seriously injured.
Dr. Lalit Kumar, Medical Officer at Lakhimpur Kheri District Hospital said that two people were brought dead and one is seriously injured. At the same time, Dr. Kumar said, ‘No post-mortem has been done.’
Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni, who belongs to the same area, had organized a program in his village, in which the Deputy CM was also going to attend.
The farmers had decided to block the path of Union Minister Mishra in protest against his recent speech. The minister had recently given a statement that the farmers’ protest is of 10-15 people and it will take only two minutes to bring them in line.
Dr. Darshan Pal, a leader of the farmers’ organization said, ‘The farmers had planned a gherao of the helipad to prevent the Deputy CM of UP from going on the chopper. Most of the people were going back after the program was over. Three cars came and were driven over the farmers. One farmer died on the spot and one died in the hospital.
At the same time, he said, Tajinder Singh Virk, a leader of United Kisan Morcha has also been seriously injured and has been admitted to a hospital in Lakhimpur Kheri.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted on this incident and wrote, ‘Who is silent even after seeing this inhuman massacre, he is already dead. But we will not let this sacrifice go in vain – Kisan Satyagraha Zindabad!’
At the same time, Priyanka Gandhi has tweeted, ‘How much does the BJP hate the farmers of the country? Don’t they have a right to live? If they raise their voice, will you shoot them, will you trample on the car? Enough. This is a country of farmers, not a fiefdom of BJP’s brutal ideology. Kisan Satyagraha will be strengthened and the voice of the farmer will be louder.
भाजपा देश के किसानों से कितनी नफ़रत करती है? उन्हें जीने का हक नहीं है? यदि वे आवाज उठाएँगे तो उन्हें गोली मार दोगे, गाड़ी चढ़ाकर रौंद दोगे? बहुत हो चुका। ये किसानों का देश है, भाजपा की क्रूर विचारधारा की जागीर नहीं है।
किसान सत्याग्रह मजबूत होगा और किसान की आवाज और बुलंद होगी।
— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) October 3, 2021
Also, former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has targeted the BJP government by tweeting. He has written, ‘To trample the farmers peacefully opposing the agricultural laws, by the son of the Minister of State for Home of the BJP government, is a very inhuman and cruel act. UP will not bear the oppression of arrogant BJP people anymore. If this situation continues, BJP in UP will neither be able to walk or get off the vehicle.
कृषि कानूनों का शांतिपूर्ण विरोध कर रहे किसानों को भाजपा सरकार के गृह राज्यमंत्री के पुत्र द्वारा, गाड़ी से रौंदना घोर अमानवीय और क्रूर कृत्य है।
उप्र दंभी भाजपाइयों का ज़ुल्म अब और नहीं सहेगा।
यही हाल रहा तो उप्र में भाजपाई न गाड़ी से चल पाएंगे, न उतर पाएंगे। pic.twitter.com/huX8ZUQO08
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) October 3, 2021
