Lok Sabha adjourned till 11 am on Monday
Dec 17, 2021
New Delhi [India], December 17 : The Lok Sabha was adjourned for the day on Friday till 11 am on Monday, amid an uproar by Opposition MPs over the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
The MPs also demanded the resignation of Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ajay Mishra Teni.
Meanwhile, the Rajya Sabha was also adjourned earlier today with an announcement from the Chair to meet at 11 am on Monday, citing a decision taken in a meeting held earlier in the day with the government and opposition leaders.
Ajay Mishra Teni's son Ashish Mishra had been accused of running over farmers in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri.
Notably, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the case on Tuesday termed the Lakhimpur violence that led to the death of eight people as "a pre-planned conspiracy".
Ajay Kumar Mishra's son Ashish among others was arrested in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case in which eight people including four farmers were killed.
