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SAD demands dismissal of union minister Ajay Misra & arrest of his son Ashish
(Harsimrat K Badal condemns the centre and state govt’s for not taking action in the matter despite clear cut evidence pointing towards guilt of the father-son duo)
Chandigarh, October 8, 2021 The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) today demanded the immediate dismissal of union minister of state for Home Affairs Ajay Misra besides the arrest of his son Ashish Misra who crushed four unsuspecting farmers who were returning home after holding a peaceful protest to death.
This demand was made at Lucknow by former union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal who visited the residences of the four farmers along with a delegation of senior party leaders including Balwinder Singh Bhundur, Prof Prem Singh Chandumajra, Bibi Jagir Kaur, Bikram Singh Majithia and Manpreet Singh Ayali in Lakhimpur Kheri district.
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Harsimrat Badal said it was condemnable that the minister’s son Ashish crushed the farmers when their backs were turned towards his vehicle in an act of vengeance after his father Ajay Misra warned farmers not to hold any protests or be ready to face the music. Mrs Badal said it was condemnable that no action had been taken in the heinous case either by the central government or the Uttar Pradesh government despite clear cut evidence in the case. “The video footage of Ashish Misra’s vehicle is available. There are eye witness accounts that Ashish Misra fled from the scene after mowing down the farmers. He should be arrested on murder charges immediately”.
Mrs Badal said similarly there was video footage of the union minister for home threatening the farmers and even inciting violence against them. “It is wrong to keep him in the union cabinet and the central government should take immediate action against him”, she added.
Meanwhile the SAD delegation also visited the residence of the four farmers who were allegedly killed as well as the house of the slain journalist.
The delegation visited Lovepreet Singh’s residence at Chaukhra village, Nachhattar Singh residence at Namdar Purve, Daljeet Singh at Vanjaran Tanda, Gurwinder Singh at Mohrnia and journalist Raman Kashyap’s residence at Nighasan village. SGPC President Bibi Jagir Kaur handed over a cheque of Rs 5 lakh to each of the victim families besides assuring them that the Shiromani Committee would look after the educational needs of next of kin of the victims. The victim families were also given ‘parshad’ and ‘siropa’ from Darbar Sahib even as Bibi Jagir Kaur conducted ‘ardas’ to pray for peace to the departed souls.
There were emotional scenes at the residences of the victim families. Family members said they could never imagine that anyone could mow down innocent farmers returning home after completion of their peaceful protest.
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The family members said the Uttar Pradesh government had still not started action in the case in earnest.
They said the perpetrators were locals and had been identified but they were not being arrested. They said police had given ample time to Ashish to escape and that the BJP minister’s son had absconded to Nepal. Punjabis present at the residences said that Ashish, who was a goon, had got enraged at the protest carried out by farmers.
They said the murder of the farmers was pre planned with Ashish collecting goons as well as firearms before proceeding to mow down unsuspecting farmers.