Lakhimpur Incident
Reaction to action: Farmers' leader Tikait drops shocker over BJP workers' deaths in Lakhimpur
New Delhi/IBNS: In a controversial comment, farmers' leader Rakesh Tikait said the killing of two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur was a reaction to the mowing down of peasants by a SUV car of a Union Minister's son, media reports said.
"The killing of two BJP workers in Lakhimpur Kheri after a convoy of cars ran over four farmers is a reaction to an action. I do not consider those involved in the killings as guilty (of a crime)," Tikait told a press conference.
Eight people including four farmers died during a violence which broke out in Tikunia village in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri between the agitators and individuals belonging to the convoy of Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra Sunday.
A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against Ashish in connection with the incident.
Ashish has been interrogated by police at the Lakhimpur Crime Branch office.
The farmers are planning to hold peaceful protests against the Lakhimpur incident, which has been weaponised by the Opposition to target the BJP, which rules both the Centre and Uttar Pradesh.
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