Opposition leaders detained
Congress General Secretary and UP in-charge Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was detained in Sitapur when she was on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri. The UP administration prevented Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel, his Punjab counterpart Charanjit Singh Channi, BSP'S S C Mishra and AAP’S Sanjay Singh, etc from reaching Lakhimpur.
In Lucknow, SP workers manhandled a senior police official and set a police vehicle afire when Akhilesh was barred from proceeding to Lakhimpur. Talking to a news channel, Priyanka charged the UP government with highhandedness while dealing with farmers. Akhilesh, too, slammed the Adityanath government. He also sought the resignation of UP Deputy CM even as he demanded an ex gratia of ~2 crore each to the kin of the victims’ families.
In Punjab, state Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu, along with several party MLAS, held a protest outside the Raj Bhavan against the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.