A delegation of Congress leaders led by Rahul Gandhi met President Ram Nath Kovind in Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi and demanded the immediate dismissal of Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. They also submitted a memorandum of facts about the Lakhimpur Kheri incident to the President. The delegation which included Priyanka Vadra, AK Antony, Mallikarjun Kharge and Ghulam Nabi Azad.
After the meeting, Rahul Gandhi said that he conveyed to the President that the MoS Home should resign to ensure an impartial probe in the Lakhimpur violence as his son Ashish is an accused in the matter. Gandhi demanded that to ensure justice, two sitting Supreme Court judges should probe the incident and those who have committed the murders should be punished. Priyanka Gandhi said, that the president has assured them that he will talk to the government in this regard today itself’. The party hoped that the President will take this matter with the urgency it deserves and take appropriate action.
