Lakhimpur Kheri Violence Live Updates: Farmers' Body 'Rail Roko' Protest
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Farmers' Body 'Rail Roko' Protest: Samyukta Kisan Morcha put out a call to its constituents to stop rail traffic for six hours on October 18, between 10 am and 4 pm.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has called for a six-hour-long nationwide ''Rail roko'' agitation today demanding the removal of Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni from the Union Cabinet over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, in which his son Ashish Mishra Teni is an accused.
A statement issued by the umbrella body of farmers' unions on Sunday read, "To press for its demand for Ajay Mishra's dismissal and arrest, so that justice can be secured in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, SKM has announced a nation-wide rail roko program on October 18."
"SKM put out a call to its constituents to stop rail traffic for six hours on October 18, between 10 am and 4 pm. SKM asked for this action to be taken up peacefully, without any destruction and damage of any kind to any railway property," it further read.
A total of eight people including four farmers died in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. SKM had alleged Ashish Mishra shot a farmer while the others were run over by the vehicles of his convey.
