The development comes almost three months after son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra, Ashish allegedly ploughed over protesting farmers on October 3 in Lakhimpur Kheri of Uttar Pradesh.

Lakhimpur Kheri case: UP Police files 5000-page charge sheet against Ashish Mishra, co-accused

Ajay Mishra’s absence has raised several speculations. Amid this, people wonder was Mishra not invited or chose to skip the meet.

PM Modi meets BJP MPs from UP over breakfast, Ajay Mishra skips

This comes amid the Minister of State Ajay Mishra is under immense pressure to resign from the cabinet as the STF report alleged that the killing of protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri was a "planned conspiracy".

Caught on Camera: MoS Ajay Mishra lunges at journalist for question on jailed son

Following the damning probe report, former Congress president Rahul Gandhi has issued an adjournment notice to discuss the SIT report in a case of violence in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri area.

'Sack Minister': Rahul Gandhi in Parliament after Lakhimpur Kheri report alleges 'planned conspiracy'

SIT has requested the court to add new sections against the 13 accused, including Ashish Mishra, making their crimes punishable as attempted murder.

Ashish Mishra, aides ‘planned conspiracy’ to kill farmers: SIT on Lakhimpur Kheri case

A day after the 'antim ardaas' for the farmers who were mowed down by a cavalcade in Lakhimpur Kheri October 3, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) on Wednesday threatened to burn the effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and many other BJP leaders, including MoS for Home Ajay Misra, whose son Ashish Misra is a prime accused in the case, on October 15 on the occasion of Dussehra.

SKM threatens to burn effigies of Modi, Ajay Misra on Dussehra

As many as eight persons were killed, four who died in the chaos were farmers while others included BJP workers and the leader's driver.

Rahul Gandhi's Lakhimpur visit merely "political tourism": Union minister Giriraj Singh

His inability to respond to pointed questions about the sequence of events on October 3, when a group of farmers were trampled over by a SUV belonging to him, finally led Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra Teni, to jail.

News