Gandhis share clip of UP mayhem
Video allegedly shows SUV ploughing into agitating farmers
While Rahul shared the purported footage on Facebook, Priyanka as well as AAP leader Sanjay Singh posted the video on Twitter.
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra yesterday shared a video clip purportedly showing an SUV mowing down farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri and asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi why no action has been taken against the accused.
The authenticity of the video has not yet been verified.
While Rahul shared the purported footage on Facebook, Priyanka as well as AAP leader Sanjay Singh posted the video on Twitter.
“Modi ji, you are coming to Lucknow to celebrate the Amrit Mahotsav of independence, but have you seen this video. This video shows how the son of a minister in your government has mowed down farmers. Please see this video and tell the country why this minister has not yet been dismissed and this boy not yet arrested,” Priyanka asked
two days after eight people were killed during a farmers’ protest in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri district.
On Monday, police registered a murder case against Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister of state for home Ajay Mishra, and several others over the death of the farmers.
Priyanka, who had been detained on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri, said it was the farmers who got freedom for the country.