Lakhimpur Kheri violence blot on humanity: Jharkhand CM

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Monday launched a frontal assault on the BJP governments on the Centre and Uttar Pradesh over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, terming the incident as a “blot on humanity“. He alleged that the incident was nothing in need of a blatant show of “majoritarian cruelty”.

Eight individuals had been killed – together with farmers and BJP staff — as violence erupted on Sunday throughout a farmers’ protest forward of UP Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya’s go to to Lakhimpur.

“The heinous incident in Lakhimpur yesterday is a blot on humanity and a blatant show of majoritarian cruelty by the ruling get together in UP and on the Centre.

“I strongly condemn their undemocratic makes an attempt to detain all opposition leaders from assembly the bereaved households of the victims,” Soren tweeted.

Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and his deputy Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa on Monday had been denied permission to go to Lakhimpur Kheri by the Uttar Pradesh authorities.

Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and different get together leaders had been detained in Sitapur, with the get together alleging they weren’t allowed to fulfill the victims of the violence.