Rakesh Tikait, Yogendra Yadav Hold Press Conference On Lakhimpur Violence

by GoNews Desk Oct 09, 2021 • 07:46 PM Views 893

Farmer leaders Yogendra Yadav and Rakesh Tikait held a joint press conference in Delhi, in whichthey discussed the farmers' movement's further course of action after the Lakhimpur Kheri killings.

The leniency and laxity of the UP police and administration in pursuing the matter against the prime accused Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni. during the presser, Tikait said that those who reacted to the brutal running over of the farmers by lynching two BJP workers associated with the offending convoy should not be considered culprits. 

"The killing of two BJP workers in Lakhimpur Kheri after a convoy of cars mowed down four farmers is a reaction to an action. I do not consider those involved in the killings as culprits,". Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav said that “Ajay Mishra should also be removed from the government as he started this conspiracy and is also protecting the culprits in the case". Yadav is also associated with the SKM.