Lakhimpur Kheri incident rocks Parliament for second day
The Hindu
Rahul says government should sack Minister Ajay Mishra Teni
Protests by Opposition members after a Uttar Pradesh Special Investigation Team (SIT) found criminal conspiracy behind the led to the adjournment of both Houses of Parliament for the second day on Thursday.
Mr. Mishra’s son, Ashish Mishra, is one of the key accused and the SIT report alleges criminal conspiracy behind the incident.
Protests began almost as soon as the Lok Sabha convened in the morning. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was asked to speak on his starred question on cases of suicides by those involved in Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) and how many such enterprises were in distress. Instead of putting his question, Mr. Gandhi raised the issue of Mr. Ajay Mishra’s continuation in the government post the SIT report. “This government should now sack this Minister,” he stated. Mr. Gandhi, also made strongly worded statements alluding to Mr. Mishra’s alleged involvement in the case and some words of them were later expunged from the House records. He said at least three times that action must be taken against the Mr. Mishra, the least of which was to remove him from the Council of Ministers.