Lakhimpur Kheri incident | SKM writes to President seeking action
The Hindu
Farmers were run over allegedly by vehicles in the convoy of Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) has written to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding action against the in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday afternoon, allegedly by being run over by vehicles in a Union Minister’s convoy. Farm unions protesting in front of district collectors offices in various parts of the country on Monday, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., were expected to submit copies of this letter to the President via district officials.
The SKM’s demands were outlined in the letter, calling for Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra be immediately dismissed from his post and a case filed against him for inciting violence and spreading communal hatred. It urged that Mr. Mishra’s son and others associated with the attack be booked under Section 302 (murder) and arrested immediately, and that the investigation be carried out by a Special Investigation Team under the supervision of the Supreme Court.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.