Lucknow:
Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu was detained by police in Barabanki district on Thursday whereas he was on his strategy to Ayodhya to fulfill farmers relating to a matter of alleged arbitrariness within the compensation paid to them by the state authorities for land.
“The state authorities has given a meagre quantity to the farmers for his or her land acquired for improvement functions. Other than this, there’s a large distinction within the quantity given as compensation for a similar land of various individuals. Lallu, who was going to share the ache of the farmers, was detained by police on the Ahmadpur toll plaza in Barabanki and brought into custody,” state Congress media convenor Lalan Kumar stated.
Mr Lallu was accompanied by Congress’s state spokesperson Tanuj Punia and another leaders.
The state Congress chief strongly condemned the police motion and stated the BJP-led authorities is taking farmers’ land at throwaway costs in Ayodhya within the title of land acquisition.
He stated the “undeclared emergency” imposed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is suppressing the voice of farmers, weavers and kids, and the Congress is not going to again down from its combat in opposition to the state authorities.
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