"Detained Despite No Written Order," Congress Leader Stopped In UP
NDTV
A retired High Court judge will now probe the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri, the Uttar Pradesh government has announced.
The handling of the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri district gives a sense that the Uttar Pradesh government wants to "crush" the voice of the farmers, Congress MP Deepender Hooda, who along with senior leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra made an unsuccessful attempt to meet the families of farmers killed there, said. जय जवान, जय किसान, जय हिंदुस्तान।पुलिस लाइन सीतापुर, पुलिस हिरासत से।
"As the Congress general secretary of Uttar Pradesh Priyanka Gandhi Vadra wanted to go and meet the families in the moment of mourning. That's the least we could do for them. But as we left Lucknow, we were chased down by UP police without any proper sanction, as if we were the ones who did something wrong," Mr Hooda, who is currently detained in Sitapur police lines, said.
Speaking to NDTV's Sreenivasan Jain, the senior Congress leader alleged that he along with Ms Gandhi were "chased and pushed" before they were detained by the police "without any proper sanction". "It looked like we were the real criminals, and not the people who have perpetrated this crime," he said.
The action was taken despite the party taking all the precautions to ensure that the law and order is not disturbed. "Just four of us went forward. They used physical force against Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and myself. They detained us despite no written order, they have been told by higher-ups not to allow us to go," Mr Hooda said.
