Lucknow: AICC General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was arrested on Sunday in Hargaon in Sitapur district, while she was on her way to Lakhimpur Kheri to console the agitating farmers. She was going to visit the place where eight persons died when a car rammed on the agitating farmers.

Union Minister’s car convoy rammed into the protesting farmers and eight died. Four farmers and four others died on the spot. Angry farmers set fire on Minister’s convoy car and burnt three cars.  Priyanka Gandhi’s convoy was stopped in Lucknow and the police surrounded the Kaul House where she stays during her Lucknow visits.

ये दहाड़ है हिन्द की नारी की, जो बुलन्द हो रही है अन्नदाता के सम्मान में।

श्रीमती @priyankagandhi लखीमपुर खीरी के किसानों को न्याय दिलाने सड़क पर क्या निकली, डरपोक भाजपाई हुकूमत के अधिकारियों को काठ मार गया।

हम दिलाएंगे…न्याय।#PriyankaGandhiwithFarmers#लखीमपुर_किसान_नरसंहार pic.twitter.com/rHWBlFrIyJ

— Congress (@INCIndia) October 3, 2021

She walked out of her residence form the side gate and after a short distance, she got into a waiting car and left for Lakhimpur Kheri with Congress leader Deependra Singh Hooda at the wheel. As soon as Priyanka reached Hargaon in Sitapur district around 6 a.m. on Monday, she was stopped. After a minor scuffle with women constable, Priyanka demanded to see her arrest warrant. The police personnel took her into custody and she was taken to the PAC office in the district. Congress leaders who were accompanying Priyanka created a ruckus and staged a dharna to protest against her arrest.