Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole on Monday condemned the detention of AICC basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Uttar Pradesh and alleged the BJP-ruled northern state was below “Talibani Raj”.
Priyanka Gandhi`s convoy was briefly stopped by the Uttar Pradesh Police in Lucknow the place she reached on Sunday night time, just a few hours after violence throughout an anti-farm legal guidelines protest in Lakhimpur Kheri claimed eight lives, together with 4 farmers.
The Congress chief, together with others, was going to fulfill the households of farmers killed within the Uttar Pradesh district.
In a press assertion, Patole alleged the automotive of the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra crushed the farmers.
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“As an alternative of taking motion in opposition to the minister`s son, the BJP authorities is attempting to avoid wasting him,” he claimed.
Patole mentioned Priyanka Gandhi, Congress MP Deepender Hooda and celebration employees, who needed to fulfill the households of farmers killed in Lakhimpur Kheri, had been illegally detained and mistreated by the police.
“Democracy is being strangled in Uttar Pradesh and injustice is being executed to farmers, Dalits, minorities and folks from disadvantaged sections,” he mentioned.
Mentioning that Priyanka Gandhi was stopped at a number of locations whereas she was on her option to Lakhimpur Kheri, Patole requested if the BJP and the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh had been afraid of her?
“Is it a criminal offense within the BJP-ruled state to fulfill the households of the victims? Talibani Raj is prevailing in Uttar Pradesh. The Congress celebration stands firmly behind folks and nobody can cease Priyankaji Gandhi from visiting the households of the victims,” the Congress chief mentioned.
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