Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra’s son Ashish Mishra (centre) and other accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, being produced in a court in Lakhimpur. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Uttar Pradesh Government on January 19 opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son, … Read more
File picture of Ashish Mishra being produced in a court in Lakhimpur | Photo Credit: – A court here on Tuesday framed charges against Ashish Mishra and 13 others in connection with the October 2021 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri’s Tikunia in which four farmers were killed. Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister of State for … Read more
The Congress on Monday slammed the Central government after the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted to Union minister Ajay Mishra‘s son Ashish in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, and questioned when will Prime Minister Narendra Modi sack his cabinet colleague. Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that finally the Supreme Court … Read more
Ashish Mishra, the main accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case who was admitted to a hospital after he tested positive for dengue, was shifted back to the district jail on Tuesday evening following improvement in his condition, a senior jail official said. Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister of state for Home Ajay … Read more
The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Sunday said ‘Rail Roko‘ protests will be held across the country on October 18 to demand the dismissal and arrest Union Minister Ajay Mishra in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. In a statement, the umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the farmers‘ agitation against the Centre’s three agri … Read more
The Congress cited Supreme Court‘s anger and dismay over the delay in UP Police questioning the Lakhimpur case main accused, son of Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra, to slam the BJP and its governments at the Centre and state. AICC used the Lakhimpur incident to snub campaign manager Prashant Kumar for his … Read more
Two people are being quizzed in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight lives were lost, and Union minister Ajay Mishra‘s son Ashish Mishra has been summoned for questioning, Inspector General of Police Laxmi Singh said on Thursday. “If Ashish Mishra does not abide by the summons, legal procedure will be adopted,” she … Read more
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Monday demanded the dismissal of minister of state for home affairs Ajay Mishra and the arrest of his son over the latter’s alleged involvement in the death of four protesting farmers at Lakhimpur in Uttar Pradesh. The AICC also called upon its supporters to stage protests against the … Read more
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday launched a frontal attack on the BJP governments at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, terming the incident as a “blot on humanity“. He alleged that the incident was nothing short of a blatant display of “majoritarian cruelty”. Eight people were killed – including … Read more
With Lakhimpur Kheri turning a political battleground, K N Govindacharya, a former key RSS and BJP functionary, on Monday appealed to political parties to give primacy to the interests of farmers and not theirs, and asked the Uttar Pradesh government to not treat the violence there as merely a law and order issue. Expressing his … Read more