Priyanka targets PM Modi for visiting Lucknow and ignoring Lakhimpur victims

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that he visited Lucknow to see the developments in the state but did not visit the kin of victims who died in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.

“The Chief Minister is shielding the minister from public forum. Prime Minister came to Lucknow to see the performance of ‘Uttam Pradesh’ and Azaadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav but could not go to Lakhimpur Kheri to share the grief of the victim families,” Gandhi said while addressing ‘Kisan Nyay’ rally in Varanasi today.

As many as eight people including four farmers had died in the violence that took place on October 3. Uttar Pradesh police has so far arrested three people including Ashish Mishra, who is the son of Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni.

However, Gandhi alleged that the government is shielding the minister and his son.

Further hitting out at the Prime Minister she claimed that he had called farmers ‘Andolanjivi’ and terrorists.