Priyanka says kept in detention for last 28 hours without order or FIR

She was detained in Sitapur on Monday on her option to Lakhimpur Kheri, the place eight folks died and several other others have been injured on Sunday within the bloodiest conflict for the reason that farmers’ protest over the Centre’s agri legal guidelines started final yr.

Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday shared a video on Twitter, which confirmed a bunch of protesting farmers being mowed down by an SUV.

“@narendramodi ji your authorities has detained me for the previous 28 hours with none order or FIR. Why the one that ran over farmers has not been arrested but?” she mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.

In the meantime, Congress supporters proceed to protest outdoors the PAC visitor home in Sitapur the place the social gathering chief is allegedly detained.

As many as eight folks died within the Lakhimpur Kheri incident on Sunday, mentioned Uttar Pradesh police. “4 farmers and 4 others have died (within the Lakhimpur Kheri incident). Probe underway. It is an unlucky incident, shouldn’t be politicised,” Lakhimpur Kheri District Justice of the Peace Arvind Kumar Chaurasiya informed reporters.

Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) issued an announcement concerning the incident claiming the dying of 4 farmers and alleged that one of many 4 farmers was shot useless by Union Minister of State for Dwelling Ajay Mishra Teni’s son, whereas the others have been allegedly run over by the automobiles of his convoy.

In the meantime, refuting SKM’s allegations, MoS Teni mentioned that his son was not current on the spot, including that some miscreants merged with protesting farmers and pelted the stones on the automotive which result in the ‘unlucky incident’.