SITAPUR (UP), Oct 4: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra sat on a hunger strike on Monday after being detained in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district while she was en route to Lakhimpur Kheri, her party said.
As Vadra began her dharna in a PAC guest house in the district, Congress leaders protested outside and raised slogans against the BJP-led state government over her “arrest”.
State party leaders, including spokesperson Akhilesh Singh, swept the road outside the campus of the 2nd battalion of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) during the agitation.
A 42-second video released by UP Congress spokesperson Vikas Srivastava showed Priyanka Gandhi sweeping a room in the guest house, where she has been detained, in Sitapur district which is adjacent to Lakhimpur Kheri.
“Priyanka ji has one demand that she wants to meet the farmers,” Srivastava added.
The UP Congress said in a tweet, “Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi has been arrested. She is on hunger strike. Congressmen are protesting. Government will have to bow to our demands. Voice for justice will be raised with more strength.”
Several protesting Congressmen vented their ire against the Yogi Adityanath Government’s “high-handed” approach.
“This is a Government which unleashes terror. It commits atrocities and does not even allow to people wipe the tears of the poor,” Akhilesh Singh said. (PTI)
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