New Delhi : Amid mounting pressure, the U.P. government finally relents, rendering permission to Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi to tour Lakhimpur, the site of farmer killings. Rahul, Priyanka and three other Congress leaders will meet with the victim families in Lakhimpur. Priyanka, who was restrained under preventive detention, has been released.
A maximum of five leaders from each party shall be permitted to tour Lakhimpur. Earlier, the government had turned down Rahul and Priyanka’s request to be allowed visit there.
Chhatisgarh Chief Minister Bupesh Baghel, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Channi, Sachin Pilot and KC Venugopal are accompanying Rahul. Although Bupesh Baghel, bound for Lakhimpur, had reached Lucknow recently, authorities stopped him at the airport and turned him away.
