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Navjot Singh Sidhu briefly stopped from visiting Lakhimpur, allowed later

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As the Congress social gathering continues its try and extract most political mileage out of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident in UP, a big contingent of Congress leaders and employees led by Punjab Congress Chief Navjot Singh Sidhu arrived within the state to go to the place. However, the contingent together with Sidhu had been detained for a number of hours on the Saharanpur border in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, September 7 by the UP police. The Congress chief, together with a big group of ministers, legislators, and social gathering employees have been on his option to Lakhimpur Kheri district once they have been stopped by Uttar Pradesh police at Saharanpur.
The police had mentioned that they received’t permit the Congress group to go to Lakhimpur Kheri, and had requested them to return. But later within the night, there was a reconciliation between the Congress social gathering and the Saharanpur administration and the administration allowed them to go to Lakhimpur Kheri. According to stories, the Saharanpur administration has allowed all of the leaders to go in their very own autos however determined that the UP police autos would escort the delegation to Lakhimpur Kheri.
The UP Govt allowed to Punjab Congress @sherryontopp , ministers @RajaBrar_INC @VijayIndrSingla and MLAs for #LakhimpurKheri , meet the Victims. pic.twitter.com/p5ShyzcwJX— Jagtar Singh Bhullar (@jagtarbhullar) October 7, 2021
Navjot Singh Sidhu, MPs, MLAs and different leaders of the Congress social gathering will go to Lakhimpur Kheri tonight itself.
Navjot Singh Sidhu argues with UP police when stopped from visiting the politically delicate Lakhimpur Kheri district
In a video shared by information company ANI, Sidhu was seen arguing with the Uttar Pradesh police when he was stopped and requested to return.
#WATCH Stopped from going to UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri at Yamuna Nagar-Saharanpur, Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu argues with policemen, “You won’t do anything against the Union minister & his son but stop us from sharing the grief of the victim families.” pic.twitter.com/NeHOASCLSA— ANI (@ANI) October 7, 2021
“You won’ tell anything to the minister and teach us the law. Mishra has been left free, is it his father rule of law? the Congress leader questioned, adding that “We don’t attack from behind”.
“Beat us up, we will faint, die but won’t move back an inch. If UP police can leave Mos Mishra free even after murder then we can be left free as well,” Sidhu reportedly informed the UP police, after which he together with different Congress leaders have been detained and brought to Sarsawa Police Station.
Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu had threatened to march in the direction of Lakhimpur Kheri if Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni’s son is just not arrested and Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is just not launched from detention.
How Congress utilizing Lakhimpur Kheri tragedy within the run-up to the UP meeting elections
Notably, following the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, many Congress leaders together with Congress basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have hurried to the world to earn political mileage out of the incident. The Uttar Pradesh police have been pressured to detain the Gandhi scion on Monday for defying prohibitory orders to go to Lakhimpur Kheri.
Here it turns into necessary to grasp that at any time when a politically delicate state of affairs because the one in Lakhimpur Kheri arises, it turns into the state administration’s accountability to make sure the regulation and order state of affairs is maintained. Therefore, it’s comprehensible why when Priyanka Gandhi Vadra refused to pay heed to the police’s request and keep again from visiting the violence-hit space, and as a substitute threatened the UP police of accusing them of molestation, it left the latter with no choice however to detain her.
While members of the Congress social gathering try to take advantage of their chief’s detention as yet one more political gimmick, it is very important keep in mind how Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been milking the state of affairs within the run-up to the UP meeting elections as a way to kickstart her political profession as soon as once more.
Besides being seen sweeping her room with a brush in her hand whereas in detention, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had additionally accused the Uttar Pradesh authorities of ‘monitoring’ her transfer via drones.