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February 10, 2022
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) expresses great shock at the Allahabad High Court judgement today granting bail to Ashish Mishra Teni, the main murderer of four farmers and a journalist at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh on October 3, 2021. It was he and his BJP goons who mowed down five people in cold blood under their cars. Ashish Mishra and others have been charged under Section 302 (murder), Section 307 (attempt to murder) and other extremely serious sections of the IPC.
This extremely unfortunate High Court judgement is not only a gross miscarriage of justice, but goes against every recognised norm of justice.
The Supreme Court-appointed SIT that investigated this heinous crime drew the conclusion that this was not an accident, but was a clear conspiracy. Today’s judgement coming in spite of this SIT conclusion has created deep revulsion among the people.
Immediately after the Lakhimpur Kheri massacre, the SKM and AIKS had called for the instant dismissal from the Cabinet and arrest of the criminal mastermind of this massacre, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni under charges of murder and conspiracy, and the immediate arrest of all other criminals in this case.
Although over four months have passed after this horrific massacre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah have thrown all political morality to the winds, and have shamelessly retained a murderer-cum-conspirator Ajay Mishra Teni as Union Minister. On top of that comes today’s judgement granting bail to Ashish Mishra Teni.
The AIKS calls upon the farmers and the people of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur to redouble their determination and vastly increase their efforts to resoundingly defeat the anti-people, pro-corporate, communal, authoritarian and immoral BJP in the coming state assembly elections.
Hannan Mollah
General Secretary
Ashok Dhawale
President