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: In a shocking revelation, the Uttar Pradesh police have not mentioned incident of mowing down farmers by BJP union minister’s car and claims that ‘bad elements’ among farm law agitators attacked BJP workers who were in a SUV.
The FIR has also not mentioned presence of Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra in the car that crushed four farmers and a journalist.
The FIR was lodged on October 4 at the Tikonia police station over the alleged lynching of BJP workers while the other one mentions name of Ashish Mishra, who was allegedly in one of the cars that knocked down four farmers.
The second FIR mentions only one “unnamed rioter”, who has been charged with IPC Sections 302 (murder), 324 (causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) among others.
In the UP violence, a total of eight people had died in the Tikonia area of the district on October 3.

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Lakhimpur Kheri: The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Saturday sought dismissal and immediate arrest of union minister for state Ajay Mishra and his son for UP violence here.

While addressing a press conference, Yogendra Yadav and other farmer leaders, said that the minister should resign and accused must be arrested by the UP Police and they will burn effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and other BJP leaders on Dusshera.

He said that union has decided the five-point plan including an ‘antim ardas’ and ‘bhog ceremony’ on October 12 for the farmers killed at Tikona, Lakhimpur Kheri, and a farmers’ mahapanchayat in Lucknow on October 26.

“A Rail Roko on October 18 has also been planned and we appealed all supporters to either come to Lakhimpur Kheri for the ‘antim ardas’ or remember those who had died at their local gurudwara, temple, mosque or church or the protest site,” he said.

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Lakhimpur Kheri: Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday met the family of a victim, Lovepreet Singh, here and began his hunger strike demanding arrest of BJP union minister’s son for killing farmers and a journalist in UP violence case.

Sidhu has vowed to fast-unto-death and took a pledge of silence until Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is arrested.

Sidhu made this announcement at journalist, Raman Kashyap’s house, who was among eight people killed in the violence.

Sharing the photos of his meeting with one of the families on Twitter, Sidhu said, “Justice Delayed-Justice Denied.”

Shiromani Akali Dal Member of Parliament Harsimrat Kaur also visited victims of Sunday’s violence at Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri on Friday. She separately met the 28-year-old Kashyap’s family.

Meanwhile, Ashish Mishra has been booked for the violence but he has not been arrested by the UP police so far.

His father Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’, Minister of State for Home Affairs, maintains that his son is innocent and claims it’s a conspiracy.

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