After SC cancels bail of Union Minister’s son, Congress asks ‘when will PM sack Ajay Mishra?’

“When will Modi ji sack Ajay Mishra Teni from his cabinet? When will the BJP stop betraying the farmers and strengthening the killer?”

The Congress on Monday slammed the Central government after the Supreme Court cancelled the bail granted to Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, and questioned when will Prime Minister Narendra Modi sack his cabinet colleague.

Congress general secretary and chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said that finally the Supreme Court cancelled the bail of the Minister's son who "trampled" upon the farmers in Lakhimpur.

"When will Modi ji sack Ajay Mishra Teni from his cabinet? When will the BJP stop betraying the farmers and strengthening the killer? For how long will the Modi government continue to oppress the farmers?" Mr. Surjewala said in a tweet.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said injustice and atrocities of the “cruellest degree” were meted out to the families of the farmers killed in the Lakhimpur violence.

"The families of the victims of the Lakhimpur farmers’ massacre are fighting for justice full of struggles. Under the protection of power, injustice and atrocities of the cruellest degree were meted out to them," the Congress general secretary said in a tweet in Hindi.

"It is the responsibility of all of us to stand by the victims' families till the end in their fight for justice, no matter how long the struggle is," she said.

The Supreme Court on Monday cancelled the bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to the Union Minister’s son in the case and asked him to surrender in a week's time.