Priyanka Gandhi Vadra To Take Part In Final Prayers For UP Farmers Today
NDTV
Heavy barricading and police checks were visible on the Lucknow-Sitapur-Lakhimpur highway.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will again head to Lakhimpur Kheri today to participate in the "antim ardas (final rites)" prayers of the protesting farmers who were mowed down in the Uttar Pradesh district earlier this month. लखीमपुर खीरी के तिकुनिया में शहीद किसानों के अंतिम अरदास स्थल पर पहुंच चुका हूं । pic.twitter.com/9HXpqv3a3h
Heavy barricading and police checks were visible on the Lucknow-Sitapur-Lakhimpur highway.
Preparations for the final prayers are underway at a field, away from the spot where the violence took place in Tikonia village of Lakhimpur Kehri in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.
Ashish Mishra - son of Union Minister of State for home, Ajay Mishra - now arrested, is accused of running his SUV over slogan-shouting farmers in the district on October 3.
