Summary:
Lucknow, Nov 27 (PTI) Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday lashed out at the ruling BJP, accusing it of trying to instil fear among people while alleging that its supporters mowed down farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri last month.
Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on October 3.
The farmers were mowed by vehicles allegedly carrying BJP workers.
Police have arrested Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Ajay Mishra’s son Ashish in the death case of farmers.
Addressing a public meeting in Sandila here, Yadav said, "Farmers had come out to demand the withdrawal of three farm laws and BJP"s MoS for Home and his supporters crushed them under the tyres of a Jeep." "The British had fired from the front at the Jallianwala Bagh and the BJP people mowed down farmers from behind," Yadav said.
"They think they can do politics by making people afraid.