Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra continued her sit-in protest along with party workers in Uttar Pradesh’s Chunar on Saturday.
On Friday, Priyanka Gandhi was detained by police in Narayanpur, while she was on her way to Sonbhadra’s Umbha village to meet the families of victims who were killed in a firing incident in a land dispute case, .
She camped overnight in a guest house in UP’s Mirzapur, and has been insisting that she won’t leave without meeting the kin of the victims.
Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel and a four-member parliamentary delegation of Trinamool Congress (TMC) led by Derek O’Brien are expected to join Priyanka Gandhi today.
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Umbha villagers arrive at Chunar fort
People from Umbha village have arrive at the Chunar fort where Priyanka Gandhi is holding a sit-in protest as she was stopped and detained while she was on her way to meet the Sonbhadra firing victims’ kin.
“I had come to visit them, and now they are here to see me, but they are not being allowed to meet me, I do not understand why the administration is not letting them meet me,” said Piyanka Gandhi.
No BJP representatives have visited Umbha village yet: Priyanka Gandhi
Priyanka Gandhi asked as to why no representative of the ruling Uttar Pradesh government have not yet visited Sonbhadra’s Umbha village to meet the families of the firing victims.
“Not even a single BJP BLA, MP or chief minister Yogi Adityanath has visited the families of the victims to know about their condition. I am here to express my solidarity with the people of Umbha village. The Congress will do whatever it takes to stand with the affected people,” she said.
Yogi govt silencing kin of Sonbhadra violence victims: Priyanka Gandhi
“The Yogi Govt is silencing the voice of members of Sonbhadra victims’ families,” said Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as she continued her protest and addressed the media on Saturday.
‘Yogi govt hiding failure’: Priyanka Gandhi
“Sonbhadra firing incident that killed 10 has exposed the failure of the Uttar Pradesh government. I will not go back without meeting the families of those killed in the firing,” Priyanka Gandhi said while addressing party workers at the Chunar fort where she was taken after being detained yesterday.
“The government is protecting ‘bhu mafias’ (land sharks) and oppressing the poor,” she added.
I can go to the village alone: Priyanka Gandhi
[While addressing the media on Saturday, Priyanka Gandhi said that she can meet the members of victims’ families elsewhere and the administration should make arrangements for the same.
“I can go to the village alone,” she added.
Priyanka Gandhi continues protest
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra along with party workers continued her dharna after she was stopped from heading to UP’s Umbha village to meet the families of 10 killed in Sonbhadra violence and was detained by police in Narayanpur.
She camped overnight in a guest house in UP’s Mirzapur.
Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel to go to Chunar
Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel will be visiting Uttar Pradesh’s Chunar today, where Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is staging a sit-in protest along with party workers. She was on her way to meet Sonbhadra violence victims on Friday, when she was stopped and arrested by police in Narayanpur.
Source: HindustanTimes