Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Sachin Pilot slams ‘manhandling’ of Priyanka Gandhi by UP police

Priyanka Gandhi, MP Deepender Hooda and other Congress leaders who reached the Lakhimpur Kheri border were not allowed to meet the families of the farmers who died in the violence.

New Delhi: Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Monday (October 4) hit out at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government for “manhandling” Priyanka Gandhi who was on her way to meet families of victims who were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri violence.

He said that the way she was misbehaved with showed that the Centre and state government are scared.

“You saw how they behaved with Priyanka Gandhi. I feel that the manhandling with any one leader shows that the BJP governments in the state and Centre are scared,” Pilot said.