Haryana Congress leaders on way to Lakhimpur Kheri stopped at Haryana-Uttar Pradesh border

Tribune News Service

Karnal, October 7

State Congress leaders heading towards Lakhimpur Kheri to protest against the arrest of other party leaders, including Priyanka Gandhi, were stopped on the Haryana-Uttar Pradesh border in Panipat. After that, they started staging a dharna on the border.

On the call of the Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee, party leaders led by state affairs in-charge Vivek Bansal and state president Kumari Selja and former CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda assembled at Sanjay Chowk in Panipat and started moving towards UP. When they tried to enter UP, they were stopped.

Vivek Bansal demanded the arrest of the MoS’ son Ashish Mishra and alleged that the UP and Union governments were protecting him. He also demanded a judicial probe by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court. Besides, he demanded the sacking of MoS Ajay Mishra and UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya.

Selja said that justice would be delivered to the family of farmers who have died at Lakhimpur. Former CM Hooda said that farmers have been staging dharna for the past 10 months on the borders of Delhi, but the government was not listening to them.

Former CLP leader and Congress leader Kiran Chaudhary said that the Congress stands by the farmers.

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