Congress's Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today met the family of 19-year-old Lovepreet Singh, who died on Sunday, run over by an SUV allegedly driven by Union Minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra.
The state government today allowed people in group of five to visit violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri where eight people died Sunday in violence after a convoy of cars mowed down a peaceful protest by farmers
Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and three others will be allowed to visit Lakhimpur Kheri, the Uttar Pradesh government has said.
Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra, whose son Ashish has been named in the police complaint into the deadly violence in Uttar Pradesh that left eight people dead over the weekend, has told NDTV that the vehicle was seen running over farmers, allegedly triggering the clashes, was indeed his. However, the minister said neither he nor his son was present at the spot when the incident happened.
