Former PPCC Chief Navjot Sidhu and some legislators ofhis party on Monday were detained by Chandigarh police after they held aprotest outside the Punjab governor's residence in Chandigarh to extend theirsupport to the farmers who were allegedly killed in Uttar Pradesh's LakhimpurKheri on Sunday.
Raising slogans against the BJP, they also condemned thedetention of AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in UP.
Congress leader Navjot Sidhu said, "What hashappened in Lakhimpur Kheri is not acceptable. This is a clear case of murderof farmers who were protesting against draconian laws enacted by the Centre. Wedemand immediate arrest of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra and his son AshishMishra”.
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh government denied permissionto Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi to visit the violence-hitdistrict in Uttar Pradesh.
The Punjab government Civil Aviation Director had todayurged the Uttar Pradesh government to allow CM Channi's chopper to land so thathe can visit Lakhimpur Kheri, however, UP govt denied the permission saying sayingsection 144 has been imposed in Lakhimpur Kheri and in view of the situation;leaders cannot be permitted to proceed to the district.
Earlier, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhjinder SinghRandhawa too was denied permission to land at the Lucknow airport, and thereforehe along with other Congress leaders decided to go to Uttar Pradesh by road.