New Delhi [India], September 30 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra on Friday expressed a challenging situation arising due to high-tech methods adopted by criminals and asked all security forces to upgrade and modernize themselves.

New Delhi Mar 22 PTI The Centre has allocated Rs 80 crore in 2021-22 as relief assistance to the Sri Lankan Tamils living in camps in India and an amount of over Rs 78 crore has already been released the government informed Parliament on TuesdayIn a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra said the relief includes cash assistance subsidised rice free clothes utensils cremation grants and infrastructure facilities at the campsUnder the scheme Rs 80 crore has been allotted for 2021-22 So far Rs 7482 crore has been released to Tamil Nadu government the minister said PTI ACB RC

New Delhi [India], December 24 (ANI): As many as five persons have been arrested for blackmailing Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni, said the Delhi Police.

Lucknow Nov 20 PTI A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the farm laws Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday urged him not to share the stage with Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra during the conference of DGPs here keeping in mind farmers interest She also sought the removal of Mishra from his post over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which his son is an accused Priyanka Gandhi made the appeal to the prime minister through a letter that she read out in front of reporters Reacting to the comments made by Priyanka Gandhi Uttar Pradesh minister Siddharth Nath Singh mockingly asked her since when the corporate Congress has started caring for the farmers For you the biggest farmer is Robert Vadra who bought land at throwaway prices from the farmers and sold them overnight at high prices Singh said in a statement Robert Vadra is husband of Priyanka Gandhi The minister who is also the spokesman of the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh questioned the silence of Priyanka Gandh on the killing of farmers in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh and the police lathicharging farmers in Rajasthan The Congress is in power in Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan In her letter to the prime minister the Congress leader wrote Yesterday while addressing the people of the country you had said that with true mind and pious heart and keeping in mind the interests of the farmers an unprecedented decision to repeal the farm laws was taken If this is true then getting justice delivered to the families affected by the Lakhimpur Kheri violence should be your top priority But Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni still remains a member of your council of ministers If you share the stage in the DGPs conference with the father of the accused Ashish Mishra then a clear message will go to the aggrieved families that you are still with those persons who are giving patronage to the murderers She further said If today your intention is really clear about the farmers of the country then you should not share the stage with the Union Minister of State for Home and remove him In its Twitter handle the Uttar Pradesh unit of the party later shared a picture of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Ajay Mishra and officials at the conference and wrote in Hindi Teni himself had threatened the farmers after which some farmers were crushed to death How will justice be done to the farmers The AICC general secretary also urged that cases registered against the farmers in the country for staging protests against the agri laws be withdrawn and financial assistance be given to the families of all those who died during the agitation You are the prime minister and must be knowing about responsibility towards the farmers of the country Ensuring justice towards every citizen is not only the duty but also the moral responsibility of the prime minister she said in the letter written in Hindi Referring to Ashish Mishra the Congress leader said The entire country has been witness to the cruelty that has been meted out to the annadatas food providers in Lakhimpur Kheri You know that the son of the Union Minister of State for Home is the main accused in running a vehicle over the farmers Owing to political pressure the Uttar Pradesh government has from the beginning tried to stifle the voice of justice The Supreme Court has said that it seems the government is trying to save a special accused person she said Violence had erupted in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 when farmers were protesting the visit of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to Mishras native place Four agitating farmers were run over by a vehicle while four others including a journalist and two BJP workers were killed in the violence that ensued Priyanka Gandhi also said that she had met the family members of the deceased farmers and they are in tremendous pain All the families want justice and with the Union Minister of State for Home being in office they do not have any hope of getting justice The current situation of the probe in the Lakhimpur violence case proves that the apprehension of the families is correct Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have shared the stage with him Ajay Mishra she said With the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls round the corner state minister hit back her and said There has been no comments from Priyanka on the murder of farmers in Bastar range of Chhattisgarh She should tell which of her party leaders have gone there She should speak about the canecharge on farmers in Rajasthan If Priyanka speaks two words on the cruelty meted to the farmers in the Congress-ruled states then it would be good He also said that the Uttar Pradesh government is doing everything possible in the case of Lakhimpur Kheri incident and the farmers have openly expressed their satisfaction PTI NAV SNS SMN SMN

Lucknow Nov 20 PTI A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the farm laws Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday urged him not to share the stage with Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra during the conference of DGPs here keeping in mind farmers interest She also sought the removal of Mishra from his post over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which his son is an accused Priyanka Gandhi made the appeal to the prime minister through a letter that she read out in front of reporters hours before the commencement of the DGPs conference Yesterday while addressing the people of the country you had said that with true mind and pious heart and keeping in mind the interests of the farmers an unprecedented decision to repeal the farm laws was taken If this is true then getting justice delivered to the families affected by the Lakhimpur Kheri violence should be your top priority the Congress general secretary said But Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni still remains a member of your council of ministers If you share the stage in the DGPs conference with the father of the accused Ashish Mishra then a clear message will go to the aggrieved families that you are still with those persons who are giving patronage to the murderers She further said If today your intention is really clear about the farmers of the country then you should not share the stage with the Union Minister of State for Home and remove him In its Twitter handle the Uttar Pradesh unit of the party later shared a picture of Union Home Minister Amit Shah with Ajay Mishra and officials at the conference and wrote in Hindi Teni himself had threatened the farmers after which some farmers were crushed to death How will justice be done to the farmers The AICC general secretary also urged that cases registered against the farmers in the country for staging protests against the agri laws be withdrawn and financial assistance be given to the families of all those who died during the agitation You are the prime minister and you must be understanding well the responsibility towards the farmers of the country Ensuring justice towards every citizen is not only the duty but also the moral responsibility of the prime minister she said in the letter written in Hindi Referring to Ashish Mishra the Congress leader said The entire country has been witness to the cruelty that has been meted out to the annadatas food providers in Lakhimpur Kheri You know that the son of the Union Minister of State for Home is the main accused in running a vehicle over the farmers Owing to political pressure the Uttar Pradesh government has from the beginning tried to stifle the voice of justice The Supreme Court has said that it seems the government is trying to save a special accused person she said Violence had erupted in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 when farmers were protesting the visit of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya to Mishras native place Four agitating farmers were run over by a vehicle while four others including a journalist two BJP workers were also killed in the violence that ensued Priyanka Gandhi also said that she had met the family members of the deceased farmers and they are in tremendous pain All the families want justice and with the Union Minister of State for Home being in office they do not have any hope of getting justice The current situation of the probe in the Lakhimpur violence case proves that the apprehension of the families is correct Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have shared the stage with him Ajay Mishra she said PTI NAV SNS SMN SMN

Lucknow Nov 20 PTI A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the repeal of the farm laws Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday urged him not to share the stage with Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra during the DGPs conference here keeping in mind farmers interestShe also sought the removal of Mishra from his post over the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which his son is an accusedPriyanka Gandhi made the appeal to the prime minister through a letter that she read out in front of reporters hours before the commencement of the DGPs conferenceYesterday while addressing the countrymen you had said that with true mind and pious heart and keeping in mind the interests of the farmers an unprecedented decision to repeal the farm laws was taken If this is true then getting justice delivered to the families affected by the Lakhimpur Kheri violence should be your top priority the Congress general secretary saidBut Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni still remains a member of your council of ministers If you share the stage in the DGPs conference with the father of the accused Ashish Mishra then a clear message will go to the aggrieved families that you are still with those persons who are giving patronage to the murderersShe further said If today your intention is really clear about the farmers of the country then you should not share the stage with the Union Minister of State for Home and remove him The AICC general secretary also urged that cases registered against the farmers in the country for staging protests against the agri laws be withdrawn and financial assistance be given to the families of all those who died during the agitationYou are the prime minister and you must be understanding well the responsibility towards the farmers of the country Ensuring justice towards every citizen is not only the duty but also the moral responsibility of the prime minister she said in the letter written in HindiReferring to Ashish Mishra the son of Union minister Ajay Mishra the Congress leader said The entire country has been witness to the cruelty that has been meted out to the annadatas food providers in Lakhimpur Kheri You know that the son of the Union minister of state for Home is the main accused in running a vehicle over the farmersOwing to political pressure the Uttar Pradesh government has from the beginning tried to stifle the voice of justice The Supreme Court has said that it seems the government is trying to save a special accused person she saidViolence had erupted in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 when farmers were protesting the visit of Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Mauryas visit to Mishras place Four agitating farmers were run over by a vehicle while four others including a journalist two BJP workers were also killed in the violence that ensued Priyanka Gandhi also said that she had met the family members of the deceased farmers and they are in tremendous painAll the families want justice and with the Union minister of state for Home being in office they do not have any hope of getting justice The current situation of the probe in the Lakhimpur violence case proves that the apprehension of the families is correct Home Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath have shared the stage with him Ajay Mishra she said PTI NAV SNS NSD NSD

Noida Oct 25 PTI Farmers protesting against the central farm laws will hold a countrywide protest on Tuesday to demand the sacking of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni whose son is an accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri episode in which eight people including farmers were killedThe call for the protest has been made by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha SKM a farmer unions collective leading the anti-farm laws stir since November 2020 at Delhis borders the Bhartiya Kisan Union BKU which is part of the movement saidDemonstrations would be held at administrative headquarters in every district of the country A memorandum will be submitted to the government with a demand that the Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra be removed from his post BKU media in-charge Dharmendra Malik told PTIThe pan-India protest will be supported by all farmer groups associated with the movement against the contentious farm laws Through the memorandum we will also appeal once again that these laws be rolled back Malik saidHe said local issues faced by farmers at regional levels and district levels will also be highlighted during the protests on TuesdayFour farmers were killed in Tikonia area of Lakhimpur Kheri district the native place of the Union minister in Uttar Pradesh on October 3 after they were allegedly mowed down by an SUVLater the crowd lynched four other people including BJP workersOver a dozen people including the ministers son Ashish Mishra have been arrested so far by a special investigation team SIT which is probing the case PTI KIS TIR TIR

Lucknow Oct 18 PTI Accusing the ruling BJP of attempting to divert attention from the various problems plaguing Uttar Pradesh by going in for election for the post of deputy speaker the Congress on Monday decided to boycott the poll Congress workers also sat in front of the state assembly carrying placards demanding justice for farmers who died in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on October 3The party also alleged that both the BJP and SP were involved in a friendly fight and were keen on the election and not on discussing the various raging issues facing the stateNeither the BJP nor the Samajwadi Party want to ensure justice for farmers killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence or to discuss this important issue They are into a noora kushti friendly fight and so we are boycotting the deputy speakers election and sitting on a dharna UPCC president Ajay Kumar Lallu told PTIThe election to the post of deputy speaker just months away from the assembly elections is aimed only at misleading the people and also an effort to divert attention from the Lakhimpur Kheri incident he chargedThe Congress will continue this fight till Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra is dismissed he said adding we are sitting on a dharna on these issuesThe election for the post of deputy speaker is slated for later in the day Nitin Agarwal who was elected as a legislator on the Samajwadi Party ticket but then cozied up to the ruling BJP is all set to be the deputy speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly with the support of the saffron party A miffed Samajwadi Party which has fielded Narendra Verma as its official candidate for the contest had on Sunday hit out at the BJP accusing it of trying to sabotage democracy and asserted that the post should traditionally go to the opposition party After the election on Monday Uttar Pradesh will get its first Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly after a gap of over 14 years In the 2017 assembly polls the BJP had won 304 seats in the 403-member UP Legislative Assembly and its majority in the House will ensure Agarwals victorySlamming the state government for the Lakhimpur violence Lallu said the farmers are yet to get justiceThe people of Uttar Pradesh are seeing for themselves as to how the farmers were killed and they did not get justice The minister has not yet been dismissed While the son was arrested the father continues to hold his position What kind of justice is this Will the official who goes there for investigating the matter salute the minister or ensure fair probe Lallu asked Four of the eight people who died in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3 were farmers allegedly knocked down by a vehicle carrying BJP workers Angry farmers then allegedly lynched some people in the vehiclesThe other dead included two BJP workers and their driverFarmers have claimed that Ashish Mishra the son of Union Minister of State for Home was in one of the vehicles an allegation denied by him and the minister who say they can produce evidence to prove he was at an event at that time Ashish Mishra was arrested in the case on October 9The Congress leader also said that there has been no statement on the three new agri laws by the government and no need is being felt for debate on cane paddy price or the problem of stray cattle which has become a menace for the farmerHowever both the BJP and Samajwadi Party are looking keen on the election of the deputy speaker and are getting nomination papers filed he saidThe farmers and jawans of the country are today unhappy but the government has no time for them he said charging that the SP also does not want to raise these issuesPTI SAB DV DV

Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish Mishra is being questioned by a special investigation team of Uttar Pradesh police in connection with the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on October 3. The interrogation has been on for over 10 hours.  Ashish Mishra appeared before the police on Saturday morning after a second summons was […]

Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra has accepted that the car seen running over farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in a viral video was indeed his. The minister has, however, maintained that his son Ashish Mishra was not in it when the incident happened. A viral video showed an SUV running over a group farmers […]