Union Minister of State Ajay Mishra, whose son Ashish has been named in the police complaint into the deadly violence in UP that left eight people dead, has told NDTV that the vehicle was seen running over farmers was indeed his.
Junior minister Ajay Mishra today met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah amid opposition calls for his sacking over allegations that his son ran over farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri on Sunday.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not visiting violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri when he was in Uttar Pradesh yesterday.
Opposition leaders are trying to visit Lakhimpur Kheri but have been either denied permission or detained on the way since section 144 has been imposed.