Chandigarh: On the call given by Samyukt Kisan Morcha for six-hour ‘rail roko’, farmers in Punjab and Haryana squatted on rail tracks on Monday morning.
They have been demanding the dismissal and arrest of Union Minister Ajay Mishra for Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri violence that led to killing of four farmers and a journalist.
SKM is an umbrella body for farmers’ unions spearheading the protest against farm laws since last year and they have given a call for rail roko protest that began at 10am on Monday at 20 places in 11 districts of Punjab.
Agitating farmers, including women, raising slogans against the BJP-led government demanding arrest of union minister at once.
Meanwhile, the protest has crippled the movement of trains in both states and is causing inconvenience to passengers.

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Lakhimpur Kheri: Senior lawyer Harish Salve, appearing for UP government, informs Supreme Court that prime accused Ashish Mishra, who failed to appear before police today despite summons, will appear at 11am tomorrow.

Eight people including four farmers and a journalist were killed in in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri as many of the dead mowed down by SUVs including one allegedly belonging to Union home minister Ajay Kumar Mishra.

Police had summoned the minister’s son Ashish Mishra for questioning on Thursday, however, he failed to appear before police the police. Two people, identified as Luv Kush and Ashish Pandey have been arrested in this case.

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Luknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday afternoon said that it has given permission to Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and three others to visit Lakhimpur Kheri.

Additional Chief Secretary, Information, Navneet Sehgal confirmed the news to PTI news agency and said that permission has been given to five leaders of Congress, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, to visit Lakhimpur.

Earlier, UP government has denied permission to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and his accompanying Congress leaders to go to Sitapur or Lakhimpur as his visit might disturb law and order situation in the area.

Gandhi has announced that he will try to visit Lakhimpur Kheri with two CMs today to meet families of victims. If the Union Minister’s son has not been arrested today, Congress will carry out march and coerce ruling BJP government to take action into this heinous crime,” he said.

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