Minister Ajay Mishra, Scores Of Cops, Chaos As He Votes In UP’s Lakhimpur

Surrounded by scores of policemen and paramilitary personnel, Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni voted at a polling sales space in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur at this time.

The minister flashed a “V” (for victory) signal as reporters shouted questions on his son Ashish Mishra, accused of operating over farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri final yr.  

Ashish Mishra, jailed final October, was launched on bail every week in the past, in the course of the UP election. 

Chaotic visuals confirmed the minister pushing and shoving to get forward as numerous policemen shaped a barrier between him and the media. 

“Ajay Mishra-ji!” shouted reporters as they tried to catch his consideration and did not get near him. The pictures raised questions on a voter taking a lot safety with him to a polling sales space.

Ajay Mishra, Union Minister of Residence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities and senior BJP chief, enjoys big affect in jap UP, particularly Lakhimpur.

The minister has hardly ever answered media questions on his murder-accused son and was even caught on digicam attacking journalists final yr. 

Ashish Mishra was arrested in October, days after he allegedly ran over protesting farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri together with his SUV. The farmers had been marching towards the minister’s go to for an occasion when the convoy crashed into them.

In movies that prompted outrage and horror, an SUV was seen ramming and crushing farmers. Ashish Mishra and his father have each denied that he was driving the SUV.

4 farmers and a journalist had been run over. In violence that adopted, protesters chased these within the BJP convoy and beat them. Three extra, together with two BJP employees, had been killed.

UP police sources declare their 5,000-page chargesheet towards Ashish Mishra and the opposite accused place him on the spot on the day of the incident utilizing a number of eye witness accounts, CCTV footage and pictures. 

In 2017, the BJP gained all eight meeting seats in Lakhimpur, in a marketing campaign led by Ajay Mishra, a brahmin face who’s a strongman and among the many BJP’s strongest UP leaders. 

Uttar Pradesh voted within the fourth spherical at this time of seven-phase voting. The outcomes shall be declared on March 10.