Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and other party leaders reached here early Monday, but alleged they were not allowed to meet the victims of the violence that erupted during a farmers’ protest and claimed eight lives a day earlier. Priyanka Gandhi, who is accompanied by party leader Deepender Singh Hooda among others, had to take alternative routes to reach the destination as heavy security was deployed on the main roads amid tension in the violence-hit region.
We are waiting outside the Banbirpur village. We have been prevented by the police from entering. We have come here to meet the victims of the violence, Congress national secretary Dheeraj Gurjar told .
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