Cong wants Minister to go over violence

New Delhi, April 18 : The Congress on Monday reiterated its demand for the resignation of on Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra after the Supreme Court cancelled the bail of his son Ashish Mishra, who is accused in last year’s Lakhimpur Kheri violence in Uttar Pradesh. “SC cancelled the bail of the Minister’s son who mowed down the farmers in Lakhimpur. When will Narendra Modi sack Ajay Mishra from his Cabinet?” the party asked. “How long will the Modi government continue to ‘oppress’ the farmers?” Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala tweeted. The Minister’s son was granted bail on February 10 by the Allahabad High Court. In October 2021, violence broke out in Lakhimpur Kheri district where four farmers were mowed down by an SUV when farmers were protesting against the farm laws. DS MR