Sharad Pawar likens Lakhimpur Kheri incident to Jallianwala Bagh massacre
The Hindu
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Chastising the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Centre for its blatant misuse of power over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident , Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday likened the episode to the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
“The manner in which the farmers were attacked revealed the true face of the Central Government. I strongly condemn this incident…The farmers have every right to protest, and they were agitating peacefully in Lakhimpur Kheri. Do not abuse power in this manner just because you [BJP] hold it in your hands at this moment,” Mr. Pawar warned the BJP Governments at the Centre and in Uttar Pradesh.