BJP: Congress, SAD faking sympathy for farmers

Chandigarh, October 9

BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh today lambasted the Congress, SAD and AAP for trying to “hijack covertly” the farmers’ agitation by making cheap political capital out of the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.

In a statement, he said the UP Government had registered criminal cases and the investigation was on in addition to the judicial inquiry that had been instituted under a retired High Court judge. He said this was a law and order problem in Lakhimpur Kheri and the UP Government had been dealing with it firmly. Chugh said while the government stood firmly by the affected families and promised all help, political parties like the Congress and SAD were “faking sympathy” with them. — TNS

Protest in Canada

Punjabi NRIs on Friday organised a protest rally against the Lakhimpur Kheri incident outside the Indian visa and passport application centre in Surrey, Canada. They were seen holding placards with slogans ‘Stand with farmers’, and ‘Arrest Ashish Mishra-Suspend Ajay Mishra’.