Priyanka Gandhi arrested for bid to visit Lakhimpur Kheri, Sitapur guest house her ‘temporary jail’

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been arrested and a case registered against her for attempting to go to Lakhimpur Kheri.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has been arrested and a case registered against her for attempting to go to Lakhimpur Kheri, where prohibitory orders are in force, on Monday.

Priyanka Gandhi had been placed under house arrest in Lucknow, but she evaded it and left along with several Congress leaders for Lakhimpur Kheri district, where eight people were killed following clashes between protesting farmers and the convoy of Union Minister Ajay Misra’s son.