With tempers running high and the Opposition training its guns on the BJP-led state government after eight people were killed in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri, here is all that has happened so far.
With the Union minister's son allegedly involved in the mowing down of protesting farmers, resulting in a situation that killed a total of eight people, the local strongman is in the eye of the storm.
Rahul Gandhi said those who remain silent even after Sunday s incident in Lakhimpur Kheri are already dead and underlined that the sacrifice of farmers will not go in vain.
Lakhimpur Kheri (UP), October 3
Eight people were killed as violence erupted here during a farmers’ protest over Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s visit, accordin
While leaving Ghazipur on the Delhi-Ghaziabad border for Lakhimpur Kheri, Tikait, the BKU’s national spokesperson, claimed that “several farmers” are feared dead during the violence in which two vehicles were also allegedly set on fire.