The year-long farmers’ protest and alleged mowing down of agitators at Tikunia appeared to have had no impact on the outcome of the elections as all eight Assembly segments falling in the Lakhimpu Kheri parliamentary constituency have gone to the ruling BJP. The saffron party managed to repeat
Priyanka Gandhi along with other Congress leaders will address the 'Kisan Nyay' rally in Varanasi to protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Meanwhile, MP Varun Gandhi has tweeted that an attempt is being made to turn the incident into a Hindu vs Sikh battle. Ashish Misra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Misra on Sunday has been sent to 14-day judicial custody following his arrest on Saturday night in connection with the violence that erupted in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpu Kheri last week.