LIVE! Rahul, Priyanka leave Sitapur for Lakhimpur Kheri

October 06, 2021 18:58

Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have left for Lakhimpur Kheri from the PAC guest house in Sitapur.

Earlier in the day Rahul Gandhi left for violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri from Lucknow airport along with four other Congress leaders -- Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi and party general secretaries KC Venugopal and Randeep Surjewala.

The state government had initially denied permission to Gandhi to visit the violence-hit district, with an official spokesperson saying no one would be allowed to go there to vitiate the atmosphere.

Later, additional chief secretary, home, Awanish Kumar Awasthi, told PTI in Lucknow, "Permission has been given to political parties to visit Lakhimpur. Only five people will be allowed."

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