New Delhi: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Thursday told the Lok Sabha that Union minister Ajay Mishra was a criminal who should be sacked from his post, referring to the report of the Special Investigation Team of the Uttar Pradesh Police stating that the Lakhimpur Kheri violence was planned, NDTV reported. The minister’s son Ashish Mishra is a key accused in the case.
Opposition leaders staged protests and shouted slogans in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, demanding Ajay Mishra’s resignation. Both the Houses were adjourned till 2 pm.
Four farmers were among the eight people who were killed in the district in Uttar Pradesh on October 3 during a protest against the agricultural laws. Farmer bodies have alleged that a vehicle belonging to Ashish Mishra had run over protestors. Mishra was arrested on October 9.
As the proceedings began on Thursday, Rahul Gandhi said, “We should be allowed to speak about the murder that was committed in Lakhimpur Kheri, where there was an involvement of the minister and about which it has been said that it was a conspiracy.”
He added that the “minister who killed farmers should resign and be punished”, according to India Today.
However, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said that the Opposition members were deliberately stalling work, NDTV reported. He added that the government was unwilling to discuss the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and that the Special Investigation Team’s observations in the case were sub-judice. Scroll. In
