Lakhimpur Kheri violence: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Monday wrote a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind demanding the dismissal of Minister of State (MoS) for Home Ajay Mishra Teni from the Union Council of Ministers. It also sought the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the supervision of the Supreme Court in the brutal killing of farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri.
In a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of several farmer unions, said Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, who was "inciting violence while holding a constitutional post, should be sacked from his post".
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"Union Home Minister Ajay Mishra Teni should be immediately dismissed from his post and a case should be filed against him for inciting violence and spreading communal hatred. The Union Minister's son, Ashish Mishra 'Monu', and his fellow goons should be immediately booked under Section 302 of the IPC and arrested immediately in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence," the letter reads.
The farmers union said the whole country was outraged by the incident of the alleged brutal killing of farmers in broad daylight at Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3.
The SKM alleged, "It is no coincidence that on the same day, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is publicly inciting his party workers to take up lathis and indulge in violence against farmers."
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"It is clear from these incidents that these persons sitting on constitutional posts are using their positions for planned violence against "annadatas" doing peaceful agitation. This is a crime as per the laws of the country, against the Constitution and the country," it said.
-With inputs from ANI
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