Farmers Angry, Priyanka and Akhilesh Protest
In this episode of Newschakra, senior journalist Abhisar Sharma talks about the death of the four farmers in the violence in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Lakhimpur Kheri district on Sunday, the speeches of BJP leaders trying to incite violence against the protesting farmers and the dictatorial attitude of the Yogi Adityanath government. Congress general secretary-in-charge of UP Priyanka Gandhi declared a hunger strike on Monday after she was detained on her way to meet the families of the dead farmers. Samajwadi Party president and former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav was also detained by the police outside his residence in Lucknow, where he was protesting after being stopped from visiting Lakhimpur Kheri.
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