Centre not allowing us to speak on Lakhimpur Kheri incident in Lok Sabha: Rahul Gandhi

A day after the SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence said it was a preplanned conspiracy the Congress stepped up its attack on the government on Wednesday demanding the dismissal of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay MishraFormer Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said the government will have to sack the minister in order to provide justice to the victims of the Lakhimpur Kheri violenceHe should resign Gandhi told reporters when asked whether Mishra should put in his papersHe also said Opposition leaders are trying to ensure a discussion in Parliament on the October 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri district of Uttar Pradesh that left eight people including four farmers dead but the government is not allowing themWe are trying They government are not allowing us to speak that is why the House is being disrupted the Congress leaders told reporters outside ParliamentAlso Read Lakhimpur Kheri violence Rahul Gandhi demands minister be removed from post and PM apologiseTheir minister is involved and we have sought a discussion on the issue but they are not allowing he saidGandhi earlier gave an adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha demanding an immediate discussion on the Lakhimpur Kheri violenceI hereby give notice of my intention to ask for leave to move a motion for the adjournment of the business of the House for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent importanceThe UP Police SIT report has highlighted that massacre of farmers at Lakhimpur was a preplanned conspiracy and not a negligent act The SIT has recommended for the modification of the charges against all the accused he said in his notice submitted to the Lok Sabha secretary generalThe government should immediately sack the MoS Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra and ensure that justice is delivered to the families of the victims Gandhi said in his noticeThe Congress members in both houses of Parliament raised an uproar demanding a discussion on the Lakhimpur incident and forced adjournments of the proceedingsThe Special Investigation Team SIT has submitted before a court that the killing of the four farmers and a journalist in Lakhimpur Kheri in which Ajay Mishras son Ashish is among the 13 accused was a preplanned conspiracy and also sought to substitute lesser charges in the case with graver onesAfter hearing the arguments on the application moved by the SIT Lakhimpur Chief Judicial Magistrate CJM Chinta Ram on Tuesday allowed it to add Indian Penal Code IPC sections 307 attempt to murder and 326 voluntarily causing injuries by dangerous weapons in the FIR in which Ashish Mishra is the main accused senior prosecution officer SP Yadav told PTI The relevant charges under the Arms Act were also allowed to be addedThe violence in Tikunia in Lakhimpur Kheri district on October 3 that set off a political storm ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab among other states left a total of eight people including two BJP workers dead and two separate FIRs were filed in connection with the incidentThe violence erupted when a group of farmers was protesting against the visit of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to Ajay Mishras native placeGandhi had alleged on Tuesday that the Opposition was not being allowed to raise matters of public importance in Parliament which was merely a building and a museum nowThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever