Lakhimpur Kheri News Today

UP govt clashes with Opposition over Lakhimpur Kheri compensation as Congress writes bigger cheques, excludes BJP workers kin

The BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has said it is giving compensation to families of all eight people killed in the incident, while the opposition Congress has decided to give compensation to only five of the families.

UP govt appoints retd HC judge to investigate Lakhimpur Kheri incident; Oppn demands judicial probe

However, Opposition leaders including Congress' Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav have said that a sitting judge should investigate the matter.

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence Updates: Rahul, Priyanka meet victims' families; incident joint conspiracy to incite riot, says Suresh Rana

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence LIVE Updates: A five-member Congress delegation led by Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi left Sitapur to meet the families of farmers who died on Sunday. A delegation of AAP has already reached the area

Lakhimpur Kheri violence: CJI-led SC bench to hear matter on Thursday; Rahul, Priyanka meet victims' kin

The development came on a day several Opposition leaders, including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi, flocked to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet the families of the victims who were mowed down by a vehicle allegedly driven by Union minister Ajay Mishra's son

'Modi ji, have you seen this,' asks Priyanka Gandhi on viral Lakhimpur video ahead of PM's visit to UP

The Congress general secretary also alleged that the government has detained her for more than 28 hours without an FIR

Lakhimpur Kheri violence Updates: Congress' V Narayanasamy stages dharna; farmers not involved in violence, says BKS

Lakhimpur Kheri Violence LIVE Update: In a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, Samyukta Kisan Morcha demands the sacking of MoS Home Ajay Mishra over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident

Lakhimpur Kheri: With compensation and probe, UP govt makes truce with farmers; Oppn vents fury

But this is only half of what the farmers demanded. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farm unions, has written to President Ram Nath Kovind, demanding that MoS, Home, Ajay Mishra be sacked and a murder case filed against his son

Priyanka Gandhi arrested while trying to reach Lakhimpur Kheri site; Rahul tweets in solidarity

The Congress youth wing’s national president called on all supporters to reach the Sitapur police line in a tweet