BJP Sambit Patra addressed the media on Wednesday and accused Rahul Gandhi of trying to "harvest" votes and urged him to stop doing it.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday slammed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for playing politics over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence and accused him of trying to harvest votes.
Reacting to the remarks by the Congress leader earlier in the day, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra accused Rahul Gandhi of trying to "harvest" votes and urged him to stop doing it. Patra said that irresponsibility has become the second name of Rahul Gandhi.
He further said Gandhi is trying to disrupt law and order. The spokesperson said the most crucial plan in the country is the establishment of peace, and there should be no violence and we should move on the path of development.
Earlier in the day, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said he and two chief ministers would visit Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh to understand the situation and support the farmers' families. The Uttar Pradesh government has already denied permission to the Congress delegation for a visit citing Section 144.
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Speaking about the incident, Rahul Gandhi said that farmers are being mowed down by a jeep; they're being murdered and called it a 'systematic attack on farmers'. He slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited Lucknow for launching various projects on Tuesday, saying he did not visit Lakhimpur Kheri. He also chastised the Uttar Pradesh administration for detaining Chhattisgarh chief minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel at Lucknow airport, claiming that Section 144 only applies to gatherings of four or more persons Baghel was travelling alone.
Meanwhile, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday stated that in the over 38 hours that she has been confined to Sitapur’s PAC compound, no notice or FIR has been provided to her and she was not allowed to meet her legal counsel.
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In a statement, she said she has not been produced in front of a magistrate or any other judicial officer and neither has she been allowed to meet her legal counsel, who has been standing at the gate of the compound since morning.