Lakhimpur violence: Son of killed farmer says will contest next LS poll against Ajay Misra Teni
India Today
Jagdeep Singh, son of farmer Nachhatar Singh, who was killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, said he wants to contest against Ajay Misra Teni in the 2024 general election.
The son of a farmer who was killed in Lakhimpur Kheri incident wants to settle scores with union minister Ajay Misra Teni in the political field.
Farmer Nachhatar Singh’s elder son Jagdeep Singh said he wants to contest against Teni in the 2024 general election.
He said he has declined offers of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress to fight current assembly polls, and has instead asked them to field him in the Lok Sabha polls.
Teni’s son Ashish Misra has been declared the main accused in the chargesheet filed by Special Investigation (SIT) in the incident that took place on October 3 last year.
Misra is currently in jail in connection with the matter. In the incident that shocked the nation, four farmers, including Nachhatar Singh, were crushed to death under the wheels of a convoy of cars, including the one belonging to the Minister.
Four others, including a journalist, were also killed when the convoy ran over a group of farmers demonstrating against the visit of deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to Teni’s native place for a programme.
Jagdeep Singh, a resident of Namdar Purwa village, told PTI that he was offered ticket from Dhaurahara assembly segment in Lakhimpur Kheri district, but he did not accept it.
