Mohali : Punjab Congress will start it’s march on brutal murder of farmers at Lakhimpur against BJP on Thursday. The march will be lead by Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu.
The Congress march will start from Mohali, according to an aide of the state unit chief.
Punjab Chief had warned on Tuesday that the state unit would march to Lakhimpur Kheri if Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is not released, and Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son is not arrested. Sidhu, who earlier held a protest against the violence in which eight people, including four farmers died, had given time to the UP government till Wednesday. “If by tomorrow, the Union minister’s son behind the brutal murder of farmers is not arrested, and our leader @PriyankaGandhi being unlawfully arrested, fighting for farmers is not released, the Punjab Congress will march towards Lakhimpur Kheri! (sic),” he posted on the microblogging site on Tuesday.
“54 hours passed! @priyankagandhi Ji has not been produced before any Court…unlawful detention beyond 24 hours is a clear violation of the fundamental rights. BJP & UP Police: – You are violating the spirit of the Constitution, impinging on our basic human rights!” Sidhu tweeted in the morning.
Priyanka was detained by police on Monday in Sitapur as she was going to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet family members of the farmers who died in the violence during a protest.
Arvind Kejriwal slammed Centre on Lakhimpur violence
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday criticised the Centre for its “apathy” towards the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, which was triggered on Sunday after eight people were killed when an SUV ran over the people.
He questioned the central government’s silence over the issue. Kejriwal urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately arrest the accused and sack Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra Teni, whose son was allegedly in the vehicle. He asked Modi to meet the families of those killed.
Kejriwal said every citizen of the country was awaiting justice.
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