Priyanka Gandhi's Maun Vrat For Minister's Removal Over Farmers' Killing

Both the minister and his son denied being at the spot. But the police said Ashish Mishra had been evasive in his replies and could not explain gaps in his alibi.

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other Congress leaders observed a "maun vrat" or silent protest today to demand the sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, whose son Ashish Mishra has been arrested over allegations of running over farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri.

Days after her dramatic showdown with the UP government and pre-dawn arrest on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri, Priyanka Gandhi sat on a three-hour protest in Lucknow.

Ajay Mishra, the Union Minister of State for Home, met with Home Minister Amit Shah last week but sources later ruled out his resignation.

But on Saturday, after a rap from the Supreme Court, the UP police questioned and later arrested the minister's son, who is accused of running over a group of protesting farmers on October 3. Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in the violence.