Lakhimpur Kheri Bloodbath: An Update: Congress Delegation, Finally, Reaches and Visiting Ground Zero

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Sukla Sen

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Oct 7, 2021, 12:15:21 AM10/7/21
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Yesterday, eventually, Priyanka Gandhi was released from the (illegal?) state custody and, thereafter, a Congress delegation - led by Rahul and Priyanka, launched its visit of the ground zero - the affected families, braving constant obstacles put up by the state.
(In the meanwhile, the Supreme Court has suo motu taken up the case of Lakhimpur Kheri viole and it'll be heard today by a bench headed by the CJI.)

The visiting team consists of several members - including two chief ministers.

So, the illegal detention, eventually, comes to an end.
The Congress (for a change?) appears to have very much risen to the occasion.

<<Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra left for Lakhimpur Kheri Wednesday evening from a PAC guest house in Sitapur where she was kept in detention since Monday morning.

Sitapur Sub-Divisional Magistrate (Sadar) Pyarelal Maurya said that Priyanka Gandhi has been released from detention.

On their way to the violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri from Sitapur, Rahul and his sister Priyanka Gandhi are travelling in one vehicle, while Congress leaders Randeep Surjewala and Deepinder Hooda are in another.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel are in another vehicle.

Sources said they may first stop at Nighashan in Lakhimpur district, the native place of journalist Raman Kashyap who also died in Sunday's violence. Nighashan is around 100 km from Sitapur.

Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday evening reached Sitapur where some party office-bearers, including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, have been kept in detention since Monday after their failed bid to meet the families affected by the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri.>>




<<While leaving the house of journalist Raman Kashyap, Rahul Gandhi demanded the arrest of the accused persons and said: “Constitutional values are being violated”.

After the Congress leaders met the three families, Priyanka said they would visit the rest of the families on Thursday.

"All three families we met today are not satisfied with just monetary compensation. They want justice, which means the resignation of minister Ajay Mishra and the arrest of his son Ashish. If police can arrest me without a warrant what is stopping them from arresting Ashish Mishra,” she said.

The Congress leaders reached the house of Nachhatar Singh around midnight and stayed for over 20 minutes.

Before that, the meeting with Lovepreet’s family took place at Chaukhra farm in Palia, Lakhimpur Kheri, in the presence of Punjab chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi and Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel hours after the Uttar Pradesh government released Priyanka from nearly 55-hour detention in Sitapur and allowed her brother Rahul Gandhi to lead the party delegation to Lakhimpur Kheri.
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Soon after their arrival, both Channi and Baghel announced relief of ₹50 lakh each to the families of those who died in the Lakhmpur Kheri violence.

The permission for the visit to Lakhimpur Kheri was preceded by high drama.
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The state government initially appeared reluctant to allow the Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi to reach the state capital on way to Lakhimpur Kheri. After allegedly being denied permission to board the flight to Lucknow, they were soon given boarding passes. When the delegation landed in Lucknow at about 1.30pm, the administration stopped them again.
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He sat on a dharna along with Channi and Baghel inside the airport. Although police stopped a number of them on way, a large number of Congress workers assembled outside the airport and shouted anti-government slogans.
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Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot’s convoy was stopped near Moradabad on way to Lakhimpur Kheri.
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"Anyone is free to meet the families of those who have lost their near and dear ones in Lakhimpur Kheri. But currently investigation is underway. They should wait for a few days and then go and meet,” he [UP government spokesman Siddarth Nath Singh, speaking to media persons] said.>>


(Quite interestingly, the chief of the Bhim Army and, subsequently, the AAP and TMC delegations had been allowed without much fuss.)
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