Priyanka Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav: Political leaders detained over Lakhimpur Kheri violence

Leaders on their way to meet the kin of those who lost their lives in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence were detained or sent back, even as Section 144 remained in place in the district.

1. 👁 Image
   

   1 / 9

   Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi and Deepender Hooda were detained on Monday while on their way to the Lakhimpur Kheri district, where four farmers died owing to clashes. Her convoy was first stopped in Lucknow. She was finally detained near the Sitapur-Lakhimpur border. (Twitter/@sherryontopp)

1. 👁 Image
   

   2 / 9

   Priyanka Gandhi and other Congress leaders were detained at the 2nd Battalion PAC guesthouse in Sitapur, where a drone camera was allegedly deployed. Seen here is Priyanka Gandhi cleaning the floor of the guest house. (PTI)

1. 👁 Image
   

   3 / 9

   Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel was prevented from coming out of Lucknow's Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Tuesday when he arrived to visit the state. Baghel then sat on a dharna at the airport. Baghel said he does not plan to go to Lakhimpur Kheri but to the Congress office where he was scheduled to address a press conference later in the day. (Twitter/@bhupeshbaghel)

1. 👁 Image
   

   4 / 9

   Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav was detained by the police from outside his residence in Lucknow where he staged a sit-in after being stopped from visiting Lakhimpur Kheri district. Security was heightened outside his Vikramaditya Marg home and police trucks were placed to block the road and restrict any movement, following which he sat on protest with party leaders Ram Gopal Yadav, Anand Bhadauria and others. Hundreds of party workers also gathered outside the house, and a heavy police force was deployed in the area. (Express photo)

1. 👁 Image
   

   5 / 9

   Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh was stopped in Sitapur on his way to Lakhimpur Kheri on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. Members of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha paid him a visit on Monday at Biswan, Laharpur Road. (Twitter/AAPUttarPradesh)

1. 👁 Image
   

   6 / 9

   Shivpal Singh Yadav, leader of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia), was detained for a few hours and then allowed to go home in Lucknow. (Twitter/@shivpalsinghyadav)

1. 👁 Image
   

   7 / 9

   Police personnel detained Congress leader Ajay Rai and party workers during their 'wheel jam' protest against Lakhimpur Kheri incident in Varanasi. (PTI)

1. 👁 Image
   

   8 / 9

   BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait along with UP ADG (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar and ACS Devesh Chaturvedi during a press conference in Lakhimpur Kheri. (PTI)

1. 👁 Image
   

   9 / 9

   Navjot Singh Sidhu along with INC MLAs detained by Chandigarh Police while protesting in support of farmers after violence broke out in Lakhimpur Kheri. (PTI)