‘What’s the crime? Why has Priyanka Vadra been detained illegally?’
The Hindu
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge Mallikarjun Kharge demands probe by SC judge into illegal detention of Congress leader, killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in U.P.
Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge sought a probe by a sitting Supreme Court judge into the alleged illegal detention of Congress general secretary Priyanka Vadra by the Uttar Pradesh Government and death of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh.
He said Ms. Vadra has been detained without an arrest warrant and kept in a rest house without declaring it as a sub-jail. “What’s the crime? Why has she been detained illegally?”
Former Supreme Court judge Madan Lokur had also slammed the U.P. police and termed the detention of Ms. Vadra as ‘unconstitutional’, Mr. Kharge said at a media conference in Bengaluru.