The party ran a social media campaign throughout the day to highlight the Prime Minister’s silence and inaction on the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre that has shaken the nation’s conscience. Surjewala asked since when police had started pleading with criminals to appear in a murder case, referring to the summons sent to Mishra’s son Ashis on two successive days. They are issuing summons to the murder accused. Both the Modi and Yogi (Adityanath) governments as well as the BJP appear to be standing with the criminals,” he said. Pointing to the irony of the minister himself being a murder accused, Surjewala said: “A murder case was filed against Ajay Mishra (Teni) and others in 2004.

Source: The Telegraph October 08, 2021 19:41 UTC