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Ahmedabad, Oct 11(PTI) The Gujarat Congress on Monday staged a silent protest against the killing of farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh on October 3 and demanded an inquiry into the incident under the direct supervision of a Supreme Court judge.
Newly appointed Gujarat Congress in-charge Raghu Sharma, who is Health Minister in the Rajasthan government, led the silent protest organised by the party outside the Mahatma Gandhi-founded Kochrab Ashram in Paldi area of the city.
Congress leaders, among them Gujarat unit president Amit Chavda, Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly Paresh Dhanani and former state unit chiefs Bharatsinh Solanki and Arjun Modhwadia, and workers took part in the three-hour long silent protest wearing black masks and holding banners demanding justice for the farmers.
Talking to the reporters after the protest, Sharma slammed the BJP-led Union and Uttar Pradesh governments for the violence against farmers and also preventing Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi and other party leaders from reaching Lakhimpur Kheri.
"Since Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra"s son is involved in the killing, we cannot expect a free and fair probe.
Mishra must resign from his post.