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Lucknow: The Lakhimpur violence has now culminated into a major political battle between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition parties-led by the Congress. On Tuesday, the Sitapur police arrested Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi and at least 10 others, to ‘prevent the commission of cognizable offences”. This comes after keeping her at a local guest house for 24 hours. Other than Priyanka Gandhi, those arrested include Congress leader Deepender Singh Hooda, UP Congress state president Ajay Kumar Lallu and party MLC Deepak Singh.
In the evening Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi met Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi and discussed the matter. ‘I told him that we’ll not tolerate barbaric killings in UP. This system of arresting our leaders should stop. I requested him to open the Kartarpur Corridor at earliest. He ensured me that Govt will take decision very soon,’ Channi said after meeting Shah.
Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was stopped from leaving the airport in Lucknow. Baghel sat on a dharna at the airport after being disallowed to go to the Uttar Pradesh Congress office amid widespread protest over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. “I am being stopped from going out of Lucknow airport without any orders,” he wrote in a tweet with a photo of him sitting on the floor at the airport.
Here are the key updates:
- IG Lucknow Range Laxmi Singh has formed a six-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to monitor and cooperate with the investigation of the Lakhimpur violence case, News18 reported.
- Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wanted to visit Lakhimpur Kheri but as Section 144 of CrPC was imposed in the district, the administration has stopped the entry of political leaders. We had to stop Priyanka in Sitapur, Sitapur DM Vishal Bhardwaj said.
Over 24 hours after keeping her at a local guest house, the Sitapur police arrested Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi and at least 10 others, to “prevent the commission of cognizable offences”.
- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was prevented from coming out of Lucknow’s Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Tuesday when he arrived to visit the state Congress office and meet party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
- ‘We don’t trust that BJP govt will bring culprit/s to justice. We appeal to farmers to throw this govt out of power. Videos and people at the spot indicated involvement of the son of MoS Home (Ajay Mishra Teni) along with others,’ Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav tells ANI.
- ‘We aren’t aware of how incident happened. It is visible in the video that the driver was killed after being pulled out of car. If it were my son, he’d have been dead. It’s impossible to get out of a place where car ran over people amid gathering of thousands,’ says MoS Ajay Mishra.
Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi arrived in New Delhi on Tuesday where he will meet Union home minister Amit Shah later in the evening. Before leaving for Delhi, Channi told reporters at Chandigarh airport that he will discuss the Lakhimpur Kheri incident with Shah.
