Opposition takes out march to demand sacking of MoS Ajay Mishra
New Delhi Dec 21 PTI Opposition leaders on Tuesday took out a protest march here demanding that action be taken against Union Minister Ajay Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying they will not rest till the minister is sent to jailLeaders of several opposition parties took out the march from Gandhi statue inside Parliament complex to Vijay Chowk demanding that the minister whose son has been arrested in the Lakhimpur violence case be immediately sackedThey also demanded that the suspension of their 12 MPs be immediately revokedMPs of various parties raised slogans against the government and held placards and banners demanding the immediate sacking of the ministerTalking to reporters at Vijay Chowk Gandhi said the entire opposition was united in raising its demand for the sacking of Minister MishraReferring to the SIT report on the violence Gandhi said a report has come out that it was a conspiracy and not an isolated incidentWe will not spare him Ajay Mishra and continue our struggle till he is sent to jail Gandhi told reportersThe prime minister has not done anything on this Neither the government nor the media is doing its job he chargedThe prime minister on the one hand apologises to farmers but on the other hand he keeps the minister who is involved in Lakhimpur Kheri incident in his cabinet We will not accept what is being done against farmers Gandhi saidOpposition leaders said they will continue to raise the demand even if many more of their MPs are suspendedEarlier in the morning leaders of several opposition parties met in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and discussed their further strategyOpposition parties have been protesting against the suspension of MPs which they have termed as undemocratic and against the rules of the House Proceedings of the Rajya Sabha have been disrupted repeatedly on the matterKharge and Congress MP Deepinder Singh Hooda also gave adjournment notices in the Rajya Sabha on the Lakhimpur matterCongress MP Manickam Tagore gave a similar adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha on the Lakhimpur Kheri violenceEight people including four farmers were killed in the Lakhimpur violence on October 3I have given a suspension of businessnotice under Rule 267 to discuss the recent SIT report on the manslaughter of Lakhimpur We demand that MoS Ajay Mishra be immediately removed from his position to ensure a free and fair trial Kharge said on TwitterIn order to ensure a free and fair trial of the murder case of innocent farmers the Mos who is father of the accused must immediately be removed from his position Kharge said in his adjournment notice under Rule 267The notices were however disallowed by Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu PTI SKC DV DV
New Delhi Dec 21 PTI Opposition leaders on Tuesday took out a protest march here demanding that action be taken against Union Minister Ajay Mishra in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi saying they will not rest till the minister is sent to jailLeaders of several opposition parties took out the march from Gandhi statue inside Parliament complex to Vijay Chowk demanding that the minister whose son has been arrested in the Lakhimpur violence case be immediately sackedThey also demanded that the suspension of their 12 MPs be immediately revokedMPs of various parties raised slogans against the government and held placards and banners demanding the immediate sacking of the ministerTalking to reporters at Vijay Chowk Gandhi said the entire opposition was united in raising its demand for the sacking of Minister MishraReferring to the SIT report on the violence Gandhi said a report has come out that it was a conspiracy and not an isolated incidentWe will not spare him Ajay Mishra and continue our struggle till he is sent to jail Gandhi told reportersThe prime minister has not done anything on this Neither the government nor the media is doing its job he chargedThe prime minister on the one hand apologises to farmers but on the other hand he keeps the minister who is involved in Lakhimpur Kheri incident in his cabinet We will not accept what is being done against farmers Gandhi saidOpposition leaders said they will continue to raise the demand even if many more of their MPs are suspendedEarlier in the morning leaders of several opposition parties met in the chamber of Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge and discussed their further strategyOpposition parties have been protesting against the suspension of MPs which they have termed as undemocratic and against the rules of the House Proceedings of the Rajya Sabha have been disrupted repeatedly on the matterKharge and Congress MP Deepinder Singh Hooda also gave adjournment notices in the Rajya Sabha on the Lakhimpur matterCongress MP Manickam Tagore gave a similar adjournment notice in the Lok Sabha on the Lakhimpur Kheri violenceEight people including four farmers were killed in the Lakhimpur violence on October 3I have given a suspension of businessnotice under Rule 267 to discuss the recent SIT report on the manslaughter of Lakhimpur We demand that MoS Ajay Mishra be immediately removed from his position to ensure a free and fair trial Kharge said on TwitterIn order to ensure a free and fair trial of the murder case of innocent farmers the Mos who is father of the accused must immediately be removed from his position Kharge said in his adjournment notice under Rule 267The notices were however disallowed by Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu PTI SKC DV DV
