Lakhimpur-Kheri Violence: A Rahul Gandhi-led Congress delegation will meet President Ram Nath Kovind.
New Delhi:
A delegation of Congress leaders, including former party president Rahul Gandhi, will meet President Ram Nath Kovind tomorrow and present a memorandum of facts on the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, party sources said.
The seven-member delegation will comprise Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, senior party leaders AK Antony and Ghulam Nabi Azad, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and KC Venugopal.
Sources told news agency Press Trust of India that the delegation will meet the President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday at 11:30 am. The party had written to him seeking time in this regard.
The Congress has been demanding the immediate dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra whose son Ashish has been named in the FIR and is accused of running over farmers in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3, and strict action against the accused in the killing of farmers.
Ashish Mishra was arrested on Saturday by the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the violence, in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed
Terming the running over of farmers as a “shocking incident of broad day massacre”, Mr Venugopal had said it has shaken the conscience of the entire nation.
He said the Congress seek to present a detailed memorandum of facts on the Lakhimpur incident.
He said that despite all round protests and intervention of the Supreme Court, no decisive action has been taken either against the guilty or against the Union Minister.
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