On October 7, Congress Secretary General Priyanka Gandhi Vadra called for an investigation by a sitting Supreme Court or High Court judge into the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri and said the Minister of Justice Union Ajay Kumar Mishra, whose son is among those held, is expected to resign to ensure an impartial investigation.
Ms. Vadra, who met with the families of three of the eight people killed in the October 6 violence, told reporters in Lucknow: “In my opinion and also that of the families of the victims, the case should be considered by a court. Supreme "The government of Uttar Pradesh has formed a committee made up of a member of retired High Court Judge Pradeep Kumar Srivastava to investigate violence during a peasant protest that claimed eight lives on Sunday.
Before leaving for Bahraich, Ms. Vadra said: "I don't want to comment on the investigation as it has not yet started. But I can say that for an impartial investigation the minister should resign. It is under him. The president of the congress said the families of the victims she met told him they were not interested in the compensation announced by the government, but “they want justice.”
Uttar Police Pradesh filed a complaint against Minister Ashish Mishra's son in connection with the violence, but no arrests have yet been made.
Four of the dead were farmers, who were reportedly run over by vehicles driven by BJP workers as they traveled to greet Uttar Pradesh Deputy Prime Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya at an event In the region.
The other four were two BJP employees, a driver for the Union Home Secretary Ajay Kumar Mishra, and Raman Kashyap, a journalist who worked for a private television station.
While the first three were reportedly lynched by restless farmers, the scribe, according to his father, died after being hit by a vehicle while recounting the farmers' protest against Mr. Maurya's visit to Mr. Maurya.Mishra's birthplace.