The Supreme Court had cancelled the bail granted to Ashish Mishra and asked him to surrender in a week.
Rakesh Tikait said the Uttar Pradesh government should now work to provide security, compensation and justice to the aggrieved farmers.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said the monitoring judge had written to the state for cancellation of bail granted by the Allahabad High Court to Ashish Mishra in connection with the case.
Opposition members tried to rake up the issue of the alleged involvement of Ajay Mishra's son in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence last October in which eight men, including four farmers, were killed during a protest against farm laws.
UP Election Results 2022: Lakhimpur Kheri was expected to be a tough contest for the ruling party after eight people, including four farmers, were killed during an anti-farm law protest
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana took note of the submissions of lawyer Prashant Bhushan that the other accused in the case are moving courts for grant of bail citing the relief granted to Ashish Mishra.
Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022 Phase 4 Voting | With eight seats, Lakhimpur Kheri district poses a challenge to the ruling BJP. Though all the seats are held by the BJP, the recent bail to Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister Ajay Mishra ‘Teni’, who was arrested in connection with the violence that killed eight people, will test the ruling party
For the BJP, which won 51 of the 59 seats in 2017, the challenge would be to retain seats in the Terai region where its MP, Varun Gandhi, has been critical of the state as well as the Union government on a host of issues
Mishra face murder and attempt to murder charges for allegedly mowing down protesting farmers in Tikonia village of Lakhmipur Kheri district on October 3
Ashish Mishra, the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra 'Teni', is a key accused in the case and the Allahabad High Court granted him bail on February 10.
Ashish Mishra, son of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra 'Teni', is the main accused in the case incident that took place on October 3 in Lakhimpur Kheri, near Lucknow, in which at least eight people, including four farmers, were killed after they were mowed down by an SUV during a protest.
The 5,000-page chargesheet, which was submitted in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Chinta Ram, said Ashish Mishra was at the spot where the violence took place. It did not have the name of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra, said sources.
The Opposition is geared up to oppose the Bill seeking to link Aadhaar with electoral rolls in the Rajya Sabha today and force the government to send it to a parliamentary panel
The Question Hour in the Lower House was disrupted for the third straight day as Opposition members demanded the removal of the minister whose son Ashish Mishra is among the accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
Both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha were adjourned till 2 pm on December 16 amid uproar by the Opposition demanding a debate on Lakhimpur Kheri violence and rollback of suspension of 12 Opposition MPs
The opposition has renewed its demand for the minister’s dismissal after a special investigation team (SIT) told a local court that the Lakhimpur Kheri violence in which eight people, including four farmers, were killed was a "pre-planned conspiracy".
The protests came a day after the SIT probing the case said that the killing of farmers was 'pre-planned' and sought modification in the charges against the accused
In his notice, Gandhi has sought for adjourning the business of the House and demanded that the Special Investigation Team’s (SIT) report on the Lakhimpur Kheri incident be taken up for discussion.
Eight people, including four farmers, were killed in the violence on October 3 during a protest over Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya's visit there.
In its previous hearing on October 8, the SC had said that it was not satisfied with the steps taken by the Uttar Pradesh government in the investigation of the violence.
Eight persons, including four farmers, were killed in the October 3 violence during a farmers' protest in the Tikonia area of the district, with the incident snowballing into a major political controversy over the alleged involvement of a Union minister's son, who is among those arrested in the case.
Ankit Das and Latif alias Kale, who appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT), were taken in custody after questioning and produced in court which sent them in judicial remand for 14 days.
President Kovind assures that he will discuss the matter with the government today itself, says Priyanka Gandhi.
The three ruling allies have made it clear that the bandh was not state government-sponsored, but called by the parties.