Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance of Lakhimpur Kheri case
lav kumar mishra
patna/Lucknow : UP government now allows entry of opposition leaders to visit Lakhimpur Kheri. Rahul-Priyanka reached Lakhimpur Kheri Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi and General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi have reached Lakhimpur Kheri. In view of this, the district administration has deployed heavy security forces. Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi reached Lakhimpur Kheri on Wednesday evening. Supreme Court takes suo motu cognizance of Lakhimpur Kheri case
The Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognizance in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case and a bench of Chief Justice NV Raman will hear the matter on October 7.
Biju Patnaik as chief minister of then Orissa had allowed free movement of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Kailashpati Mishra, Vishnu Kant Shastri, Devendra Pradhan( now recognised as father of Dharmendra Pradhan) to visit communal riot torn Bhadrak town (then part of Balasore district) which was literally burning.(March 20,1991,post Ram Navami).
Ramdas Agarwal, BJP treasurer had industry, business and family house . Chief minister overruled the objections from Bhadrak administration and facilitated Vajpayee led team which included media persons to meet the riot victims.When Ramdas Agarwal complained to Biju Patnaik about damage to his property by the arsonists, CM told him in presence of Vajpayee ji” what damage, you had come to Bhadrak from Rajasthan with a LOTA only!
Violence didn’t escalate with the visit of Opposition.( eye witness account).
Vajpayee ji did not take political mileage of violence in Bhadrak, neither Biju Patnaik nor JB Patnaik called Vajpayee_ political tourist.
First of all, both the leaders reached Palia and met the family members of the farmer Lovepreet who was killed in the ruckus. Both the leaders interacted with the family members of Lovepreet at the house located at Chaukhra Farm in Palia. Assured them of all possible help. Rahul-Priyanka met Lovepreet’s parents and both sisters and shared their grief. He also assured to support the family in the struggle for justice.
Earlier, there was a tussle between the government and the Congress leaders throughout the day. First stop… then consent and then again rar…. The ongoing political tussle between the state government and the Congress reached its peak on Wednesday. Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi held a press conference in Delhi at 10 am and then left for Lucknow.
Govt spoksman said that the government has taken some steps under the law and requested the opposition parties not to go to Lakhimpur now. However, by the time Rahul reached Lucknow, the government gave permission to go to Lakhimpur.