Lakhimpur Kheri | Amid uproar, it’s business as usual for Ajay Mishra
The Hindu
Union Minister of State for Home attends meetings in North Block and clears files.
Despite repeated protests in Parliament by the Opposition seeking his removal, it was business as usual for Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra on Thursday. Mr. Mishra attended official meetings in North Block, in a clear indication that there have been no instructions from the government to drop him from the ministerial position.
Mr. Mishra was seen abusing and lunging at a journalist in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday when he was asked about a Special Investigation Team (SIT) report that said that the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri incident was a pre-planned conspiracy. The Minister’s son Ashish Mishra is a prime accused in the October 3 incident where four farmers were killed and several others injured after they were run over by a car that was part of the convoy of the Union Minister.
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