Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was on her way to Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri district to visit the families of the victims of violence that took place on Sunday, has been arrested by the state police on Monday. The information was confirmed by party’s youth wing National President Srinivas BV. Taking to Twitterm Sriniwas confirmed Priyanka’s arrest and said it was on expected lines from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
“Finally what was expected from the BJP has happened. In the democratic country of ‘Mahatma Gandhi’, the worshipers of ‘Godse’ have arrested our leader @priyankagandhi Ji who fought heavy rains and the police force to meet the ‘Annadata’, from Hargaon. This is just the beginning of the fight!! Kisan Ekta Zindabad,” Srinivas tweet, roughly translated from Hindi, read.
आखिरकार वही हुआ, जिसकी BJP से उम्मीद थी
— Srinivas BV (@srinivasiyc) October 4, 2021
'महात्मा गांधी' के लोकतांत्रिक देश में 'गोडसे' के उपासकों ने भारी बारिश और पुलिसबल से संघर्ष करते हुए अन्नदाताओं से मिलने जा रही हमारी नेता @priyankagandhi जी को हरगांव से गिरफ्तार किया..
ये लड़ाई का सिर्फ आरंभ है!! किसान एकता जिंदाबाद pic.twitter.com/vehKIxh87B
Priyanka Gandhi had reached the Lucknow airport on Sunday evening following the incident. However, she was stopped by the police several times on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri. “I’m not committing any crime by deciding to meet victim’s kin…Why are you stopping us? You should have a warrant…?” she is heard saying in one of the videos from the airport.
Meanwhile, Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait also reached Lakhimpur early on Monday. “We will first meet the farmers and villagers and discuss the situation with them. The future course of action will be done on the basis of the discussion with the villagers and farmers. Their decision will prevail,” Tikait told reporters at Banbirpur village, according to news agency PTI.
