Team News Riveting
New Delhi, October 12
A Congress delegation led by senior leader Rahul Gandhi will be meeting President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday at 11 am over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
Besides Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with senior party leaders AK Antony, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Adhir Ranjan Choudhury and Party General Secretary KC Venugopal will be part of the delegation.
The Congress leaders will demand the resignation of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni whose son is accused of running over an SUV on farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri on October in which eight people were killed on October 3.
In a letter sent to the President seeking appointment, the Congress party said the shocking incident of broad day massacre of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh had shaken the conscience of the entire nation. “Even more tragic are the open warnings given by Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ajay Mishra Teni and consequent trampling of farmers under a Thar Jeep owned by the Minister and his family”, the letter read.
Farmers, who were eye witnesses have openly stated that they were run over by vehicle being driven by the son of the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, the Congress party said in the letter.
Ashish Mishra, son of Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra, has been arrested and named in the FIR lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the incident.
