Uttarakhand / Rishikesh : Congress performance on Lakhimpur incident
Congress demonstrated against the BJP government over the Lakhimpur episode. Protesters expressed anger over the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur. Congress leader expressed displeasure over the arrest of Priyanka Gandhi.
On Monday, workers demonstrated against the central government and the UP government by burning an effigy in front of the Congress Bhawan on Railway Road. YuC Metropolitan President Jitendra Pal Pathi said that in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, the son of the Union Minister brutally killed the farmers. Instead of arresting the accused, Uttar Pradesh is arresting Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, fighting for the rights of farmers. The autocratic government of BJP is using the administration as a puppet. After this, Congress leaders reached Rishikesh Kotwali and tried to give their own arrest in protest against the arrest of Priyanka Gandhi. Congress State General Secretary Deepak Pratap Jatav, State Secretary Vijaypal Rawat, State Secretary Vivek Tiwari, Abhinav Singh Malik, State Secretary Mahila Congress Madhu Joshi, Councilor Devendra Prajapati, Ekant Goyal, Vimla Rawat, Mahila Congress City President Saroj Devradi, Pushpa Mishra, Ashok Sharma, Vikram Bhandari, Himanshu Kashyap, Aditya Pal, Saurabh Verma, Rajendra Gairola, Yash Arora, Ramesh Gaur, Ajay Das, Aman Sharma, Vipin Saini, Jaipal Singh, Deepak Pal, Sarojini Thapliyal, Amit Sagar, Ashish Sharma, Gaurav Yaduvanshi, Rishabh Rana etc. were included.
