Sack Union Min Ajay Misra Teni, probe his role in Lakhimpur Kheri violence: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Citing the findings of the SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has demanded the removal of Union Minister Ajay Misra Teni.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday demanded the removal of Ajay Misra Teni as Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home. Teni's son Ashish Misra is one of the key accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence that claimed eight lives, including that of four BJP workers.

In a press statement, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said that the SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence says that "farmers being mowed down by a car was not a case of criminal negligence but part of a criminal conspiracy" against protesting farmers.