Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who spoke at a function in Lucknow on Tuesday, chose not to mention the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri in which four farmers were run over by a vehicle allegedly being driven by Union Minister Ajai Mishra's son along with five others even as the opposition leaders slammed what they termed the 'dictatorial' UP government for not allowing them to visit
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As PM Modi visited Lucknow amid unrest over Lakhimpur Kheri violence where eight, including four farmers, were killed on Sunday, he made no reference to the incident or the tense atmosphere in the state.
As a host of senior opposition leaders were detained while trying to visit Lakhimpur Kheri, where eight persons, including four farmers, were killed in violence during a protest by the farmers, the administration and the farmer leaders reached a compromise after the state government announced a compensation of Rs 50 lakh to the next of the kin of the deceased, ordered a probe
Eight persons, including at least four farmers, were killed as violence erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur-Kheri district, about 150 kilometres from here, on Sunday, when hundreds of farmers tried to waive black flags and block Union minister Ajai Mishra and UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit to a function at Tikonia in the district.