Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav said that if he is elected, he will ensure that the Lakhimpur suspect and his supporters are imprisoned.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday condemned the state government over grant of bail to Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son in Lakhimpur case, saying he would ensure that the culprit and his protectors go to prison when he comes to power.
The minister’s son who trampled farmers has got bail from court. The government did not pursue the case as it should have been. SP assures you all that our government is coming and when it does, the case will be pursued in such a manner that not only the one who took the life of farmers will go to jail but also those patronising them,” Yadav said, addressing an election meeting here.
Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident which had left eight people, including four farmers, dead.
Mishra was recently granted bail and released from Lakhimpur Kheri jail after his arrest in October last year.
Faced with continuous attacks on the law and order situation during his government, Yadav said those who want to take law in their hands need not vote for his party in the coming elections.
Baba ji’ [Adityanath] is levelling allegations the most but see the work of his government too. Was a trader not beaten by police leaving him dead?” Yadav said referring to the incident wherein a 36-year-old businessman from Kanpur had died mysteriously inside a hotel room in Gorakhpur following a police raid.
“There would not have been a Lakhimpur-like incident in a world where a peaceful ‘dharna’ by farmers was going on and a ‘Jeep’ [car] comes and tramples them,” he added.
