Parliament UPDATES: Rahul Gandhi alleges Oppn ‘not allowed to speak’ amid demand for MoS Home Ajay Mishra’s removal over Lakhimpur violence

 The Lakhimpur Kheri violence and suspension of 12 Opposition MPs from Rajya Sabha has triggered a ruckus in the Parliament during the ongoing Winter Session, forcing the Upper House to adjourn proceedings till 12 noon.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has moved an adjournment motion in Lok Sabha over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident demanding the removal of Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra over the alleged involvement of his son in the incident on October 3.

Congress chief whip in Lok Sabha K Suresh too demanded the immediate stepping down of Misra “so that a fair investigation is carried out, the culprits are brought to book and farmers are delivered justice”.

On Tuesday, a local court allowed an SIT probe into the Lakhimpur Kheri violence to include the charge of ‘attempt to murder’ in the FIR against the perpetrators, including Mishra’s son, since the investigating team noted that “it was a pre-planned conspiracy”.

The magistrate agreed to replace charges such as ‘death caused by negligence’ with that of ‘attempt to murder’ (section 307) over the death of eight people, including four farmers, in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3.

The FIR already mentions IPC sections 302 (murder), 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with a deadly weapon), 149 (every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).

Parliament UPDATES:

• Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the Opposition was not allowed to speak in the Parliament when they put forward their demand for the resignation of MoS Home Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’ over the Lakhimpur violence case. “They are not allowing us to speak, so House is being disrupted. We said that a judgement has come and a minister is involved, and a discussion should be allowed. But they don’t want to discuss. Teni should certainly resign,” he told reporters.
• “As elections approach, BJP wears religious spectacles and sees everything on the basis of religion… BJP should suspend their MoS Home Ajay Mishra,” Samajwadi party chief Akhilesh Yadav said. 
• Lok Sabha adjourned till 2 pm amid uproar in the House by Opposition MPs over Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
• Rajya Sabha adjourned till 12 pm amid uproar in the House by Opposition MPs over the suspension of 12 MPs.
• “We will demand that the Government sack minister Ajay Mishra Teni. If PM Modi has even an iota of devotion for Ganga Mata, he must advise his minister to resign or he himself should decide and sack him. I think it’ll further enhance his image because he is working on image makeover right now,” Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP, said.
• Congress MP Rahul Gandhi moves adjournment motion in Lok Sabha over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident demanding the removal of MoS Home Ajay Kumar Mishra.