Samyukt Kisan Morcha leader Yogendra Yadav started that his tribe will protest against Shaheed Kisan Kalash Yatra from Lakhimpur on October 12. “We appeal to every citizen to light five candles outside their homes at 7pm on October 12,” he said during a press conference.
“Also, farmers will conduct a ‘Rail Roko’ agitation on Oct 18 and a ‘mahapanchayat’ in Lucknow on Oct 26,” he added.
The farmers also demanded Union Minister Ajay Misra and his son’s arrest in Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
He also claimed that the government had adopted a violent approach against protesting farmers.
“But we won’t take the path of violence”, Ugrahan (Bharatiya Kisan Union), a part of the SKM, asserted.
“We demand the arrest of Union Minister Ajay Misra and his son Ashish Misra,” Ugrahan said.