Online Desk :
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra who was on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri district to visit the kin of the victims was arrested in Hargaon, according to Youth Congress President Srinivas BV.
However, after dodging the police for about five hours, she was detained by the Uttar Pradesh police in Hargaon police station area at around 5.30 am on Monday. She has been taken to a guest house in Sitapur district. The UP Congress tweeted asking people to reach the area in support.
“Finally what was expected from the BJP has happened. In the democratic country of ‘Mahatma Gandhi’, the worshipers of ‘Godse’ have arrested our leader @priyankagandhi Ji who fought heavy rains and the police force to meet the ‘Annadata’, from Hargaon. This is just the beginning of the fight!! Kisan Ekta Zindabad,” Srinivas tweet, roughly translated from Hindi, read.
Srinivas also shared a video along with the tweet and has called on people to reach the Sitapur police line where Priyanka Gandhi has been taken.
The Congress general secretary has said she will meet the families of those killed on Sunday after violence during a protest in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri. The farmers were protesting three farm laws enacted by the central government last year.
Priyanka Gandhi reached the Lucknow airport on Sunday evening following the incident and was stopped by the police several times on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri.
