The Uttar Pradesh police on Monday, 4 October, detained Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, who was on a sit-in outside his home in Lucknow after he was not allowed to visit Lakhimpur Kheri district.
He was taken in the vehicle of SHO Hazratganj police.
Security was beefed up outside his residence ahead of his scheduled visit to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet the families of victims.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav asked what was it the BJP government in the state had to hide as it did not want any political leader to go to the violence-hit district.
“Even the Britishers would not have committed the kind of atrocities this government is committing against farmers. Union Minister of State (Home) Ajay Mishra and deputy chief minister (Keshav Prasad Maurya) should resign. ₹2 crore and government jobs should be given to the next of kin of the farmers who died,” Yadav was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Earlier, Yadav demanded Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s resignation over the incident.
Several Opposition leaders from various parties including Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, and Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa are also scheduled to visit Lakhimpur Kheri today.
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(With inputs from ANI)
