Nothing could be extra insulting: Congress on minister’s continuation on 1st anniversary of Lakhimpur Kheri violence
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NEW DELHI: On the primary anniversary of Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Congress on Monday attacked the Modi authorities over the continuation of Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’ as a minister because it cited the alleged involvement of his son in mowing down of farmers protesting towards the three farm legal guidelines which have now been repealed.
“Nothing can be more insulting that the farmers agitating against the black laws were deliberately killed while the culprit remains a member of the Union council of ministers,” Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh instructed reporters.
There was clear proof that the minister’s son was concerned within the killing, he alleged.
Mishra’s son Ashish Misra was arrested within the case after 4 farmers have been crushed beneath the wheels of a convoy of vehicles and 4 others, together with two BJP employees, have been killed in apparently retaliatory violence.
The Congress additionally reiterated its assist to the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which had spearheaded the farmers’ agitation towards three farm legal guidelines, particularly its demand for a authorized assure to the minimal assist value for farm produce.
Bowing to the protests, the federal government had scrapped the legal guidelines.
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NEW DELHI: On the primary anniversary of Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Congress on Monday attacked the Modi authorities over the continuation of Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’ as a minister because it cited the alleged involvement of his son in mowing down of farmers protesting towards the three farm legal guidelines which have now been repealed.
“Nothing can be more insulting that the farmers agitating against the black laws were deliberately killed while the culprit remains a member of the Union council of ministers,” Congress common secretary Jairam Ramesh instructed reporters.
There was clear proof that the minister’s son was concerned within the killing, he alleged.
Mishra’s son Ashish Misra was arrested within the case after 4 farmers have been crushed beneath the wheels of a convoy of vehicles and 4 others, together with two BJP employees, have been killed in apparently retaliatory violence.
The Congress additionally reiterated its assist to the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which had spearheaded the farmers’ agitation towards three farm legal guidelines, particularly its demand for a authorized assure to the minimal assist value for farm produce.
Bowing to the protests, the federal government had scrapped the legal guidelines.
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