New Delhi: As the ‘Rail Roko’ agitation is being staged by the farmers’ unions to protest against the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, the President of All India Kisan Sabha Ashok Dhawale has called the agitation “successful”.
Speaking to ANI, Dhawale said, “The Rail Roko agitation is successful. It has been 15 days (i.e. from October 3-October 18) since the Lakhimpur Kheri incident took place. I demand Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra Teni to be removed from the post. It is shocking to know that, despite completing 75 years of Independence, the country witnessed such incident.” “I hope that justice will be served soon on this matter,” he added.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) had called for a six-hour-long nationwide ‘Rail roko’ agitation on Monday demanding the removal of Union Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni from the Union Cabinet over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident, in which his son Ashish Mishra Teni is an accused.
Northern Railway on Monday morning informed that 30 locations have been affected and eight trains have been regulated following the rail roko protests.
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Around 50 trains, 130 locations affected due to farmers agitation in Punjab and Haryana: CPRO, Northern Railway
Delhi | Government Railway Police is patrolling all railway stations&tracks. Till now,there are no reports of disturbance at any railway tracks or cancellation of trains.We’re working in close coordination with GRP of neighbouring states:Harendra Singh,DCP Railways on ‘Rail Roko’ pic.twitter.com/ngsiWOjm9O
— ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2021
#FarmersProtest: किसानों का रेल रोको आंदोलन, पटरी पर बैठे प्रदर्शनकारी; कई ट्रेन रद्द (VIDEO) pic.twitter.com/KYTxom4wK0
— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) October 18, 2021
As of now, 30 locations are affected and 8 trains regulated in Northern Railway Zone: CPRO, Northern Railway on ‘Rail roko’ agitation
— ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2021
Haryana | Protestors block railway tracks at Bahadurgarh in protest against Lakhimpur Kheri incident
Samyukta Kisan Morcha has called for nationwide ‘Rail roko’ in protest against the incident pic.twitter.com/Ucvmfq6PcM
— ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2021
Haryana | Rapid Action Force deployed at Sonipat Railway Station, in the wake of ‘Rail roko’ call by Samyukta Kisan Morcha in protest against Lakhimpur Kheri incident pic.twitter.com/mErxA7aRhQ
— ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2021
Punjab: Farm law protestors sit on the railway track at Devi Dasspura village in Amritsar following the farmer’s union call for ‘Rail Roko Andolan’ today pic.twitter.com/lQrKImJKso
— ANI (@ANI) October 18, 2021
A statement issued by the umbrella body of farmers’ unions on Sunday read, “To press for its demand for Ajay Mishra’s dismissal and arrest, so that justice can be secured in Lakhimpur Kheri violence, SKM has announced a nation-wide rail roko program on October 18.”
“SKM put out a call to its constituents to stop rail traffic for six hours on October 18, between 10 am and 4 pm. SKM asked for this action to be taken up peacefully, without any destruction and damage of any kind to any railway property,” it further read.
The statement said, “SKM has been demanding the dismissal of Ajay Mishra Teni from the council of Ministers. It is very apparent that with Ajay Mishra being the MoS for Home Affairs in the Union Government, justice cannot be secured in this matter.””He promoted hatred, enmity and communal disharmony between Hindus and Sikhs in his speeches. It is his vehicles that were used to mow down peaceful protestors. He harboured his son and accomplices even as the police was issuing summons to Ashish Mishra,” it added.
A total of eight people including four farmers died in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence. SKM had alleged Ashish Mishra shot a farmer while the others were run over by the vehicles of his convey.
However, MoS Teni had refuted the allegations saying that his son was not present at the site of the incident. Ashish reiterated the same and refuted SKM’s allegations.
Later, three people, including Ashish Mishra, were arrested in the case.
Accused Ashish Mishra has been sent to jail by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) after being produced before the Crime Branch on October 14.
