The 26-hour standoff between Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and the Uttar Pradesh government ended on Saturday after she met the families of the Sonbhadra massacre where 10 people were gunned down after a clash this week. A day before, she had been detained by the Uttar Pradesh police after she insisted on going to Sonbhadra. The deadlock ended in a show of solidarity on Saturday when the women of the victims' families came to the guesthouse itself where Priyanka was being kept and met her. There, Priyanka also announced a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of the deceased. After the guesthouse meeting with the villagers, Gandhi accused the Sonbhadra administration of not acting in time to prevent the violence over a land dispute.

Source: dna July 20, 2019 23:48 UTC