A total of eight people including four farmers died in violence in the Lakhimpur Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh that took place on October 3.
In light of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Shiv Sena-Congress-NCP alliance ‘Maha Vikas Aghadi’ (MVA) government, on Wednesday (October 6), announced a statewide bandh on October 11.
The bandh was announced today as a form of protest against the dreadful Lakhimpur Kheri violence. It was stated by the Maharashtra minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Jayant Patil.
The MVA is a coalition of NCP, Congress, and Shiv Sena. All three parties and their allied partners will participate in the bandh, noted Patil.
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has condemned the Maharashtra bandh decision and the leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said that the ruling parties are politicizing the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
The four farmers were mowed down by an SUV while they were returning from the protest against the Centre’s three farm laws in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3.
The farmers alleged that Ashish Mishra, son of Union minister of home Ajay Mishra Teni, was in the vehicle and later fled.
Ashish Mishra has been arrested and sent to 14-day judicial custody. Four other people, including a local journalist, also died in the violence that day, after which an angry mob allegedly lynched some people in these vehicles.
