Lakhimpur-Kheri- Rahul Gandhi Case for Damage to Farmer’s Murder Investigation Report: Minister Sack

New Delhi:

Responding to opposition demands to sack Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, the government said today there was “no problem” discussing the topic in parliament or in court. Both houses of parliament were disrupted today because of a damning investigative report that said the killing of farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh was a “planned conspiracy”. The report also calls for new charges against Ashish Mishra, the jailed son of Ajay Mishra, accused of driving a farmer’s SUV.

“It’s a conspiracy. We want the minister to resign but the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) is not ready. The government is forced to take back the agricultural law, they will be forced to fire the minister,” National Assembly leader Rahul said. Gandhi said. who gave notice to a congressional discussion of the report.

“The investigation is underway at the direction of the Supreme Court. Such comments (by the opposition) are baseless,” Union Minister and BJP senior leader Piyush Goyal told. reporters, at the same time dismissing a discussion.

Opposition rallies were forced to postpone several times.

In a notice sent to the Lok Sabha, Congressman Rahul Gandhi said Ajay Mishra, Home Affairs Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, should be fired following the report of the Special Investigation Team (SIT).

“The UP police SIT report has emphasized that the massacre of farmers in Lakhimpur was a pre-planned plot and not an act of negligence,” the MP wrote in a statement this morning.

“The government should immediately fire the Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Mishra, and ensure justice is given to the families of the victims,” ​​he added.

The SIT report, details of which emerged just yesterday, says that farmers ran through Lakhimpur Kheri, allegedly by an SUV driven by Ashish Mishra, “with the intent to kill” and that it was “not death by negligence”.

Police investigating the case said in the report that rash driving charges against Ashish Mishra and others should be amended, police investigating the case said in the report, asking for a charge of murder. and intentionally causing bodily harm. Ashish Mishra and others have faced murder and conspiracy charges.

The opposition has ramped up demands for the dismissal of Ajay Mishra, who remains as Union Minister despite the charges against his son, who was jailed in October.

The minister met his son in prison yesterday and doesn’t seem to want to resign.

As the ruling BJP prepares for polls in Uttar Pradesh and four other states early next year, Ajay Mishra has become a huge responsibility.

The killings in Lakhimpur Kheri have caused great anger among farmers, one of the most important voting blocs in the elections.

On 3 October, eight people were killed at Lakhimpur Kheri during a peasant protest.

After four farmers and a journalist ran over, violence broke out, in which three other people, including two BJP workers, were killed.

Video that sparked anger and shock showed an SUV ramming a group of protesting farmers from behind.

The UP government faced many conundrums as the Supreme Court heard a petition on the case.