There was blood splattered all over the place in Lakhimpurkheri. It was October 3rd three years ago, and it was like a spot on Lady Macbeth’s hand. It is something some people still talk about while others do not.
It happened here, near Kaudiyala Sahib Gurdwara, at the T-fork in front of the substation billing counter where four protesting farmers and a local journalist were picked up by Ajay, Deputy Home Minister’s car that run them down . . bjp villagers killed off those workers together with a driver.
In Lakhimpur Kheri, echoes of that violent afternoon can still be heard as Mishra looks to be re-elected for his third term after winning the seat hands down in 2014 and 2019. The old people say water the stone it will grow leaves,” fertile according to them as tragedy of Ticunha is always mentioned when talking about elections.” “That thing”, local residents would tell you: “woh hadsa…kand…durghatna”.
People are burning stubble in Palia to have a quick satadaan (actually rice crop grown within sixty days by farmers sandwiching harvested sugarcane and wheat). Some states ban such practices because of large quantities of water needed for production of straw—Prabjot Singh doesn’t plan on voting this time. “This is utter nonsense,” he said.” “Turney will probably win again.”
At Dhaurahara there are shacks selling aloo tikki, chai and Cold drinks in glowing yellow and orange bottles. Sahu—the owner of one shop (Jayprakash)—was attending to clients from sajwadi party Akhilesh Yadav’s rally was stopped for nashtapani(refreshments). “Floods will be coming soon; Sharda will take us out.” He said. “Life is hard. But we have received benefits. We won’t lie, but I think that Teni leads again these votes were mainly for BJP rather than the candidates.”
Caste and Scheduled Tribes account for the largest share of about 25% in Lakhimpur Kheri Lok Sabha constituency followed by Kurmi and Brahmins. Muslims constitute approximately 14%, while Sikhs, Thakurs, Yadavs, Vaishyas and Kjeshtas make up the remaining half. Opposing Brahman Teni are Utkarsh Verma of Samajwadi Party and Anshe Kalra of Samajwadi Party. Recently, Mayawati told him at a meeting in this area that people can take revenge on Tikuniya.
But if there is anger against Teni it will divide. “What to do? Kulvinder Singh a farmer from Naurangabad village wondered “Chowdhury (RLD leader Jayant Singh) shouldn’t have joined NDA”. Ajay Mishra will definitely fight us and we will win against him too.” Many are unhappy with him out there.”
There is the possibility that it may not be easy. In 2022, BJP took over Lakhimpur constituency by winning not only the seat of Lakhimpur but also four others nearby it after a few months of Tikkuniya incident. This was followed by thousands of farmers who had come from across Uttar Pradesh’s 75 districts and other Indian states, along with some opposition leaders as they paid their last respects to the journalists Raman Kashyap and four dead villagers Raman Kashyap They finally performed antim ardas (last rites) for him. And then they pledged to overthrow his government and demanded teni’s resignation as a minister.
Misra himself was somewhat restrained in this campaign and seemed unwilling to tempt fate.Supreme Court Expressed serious concern over relevant reports a few days ago Ashish MishraThe main accused person in tikkunha case.bailed out during election period for his father.
Crucially, some BJP MPs have refused to stand with Misra and have objected his “dictatorship”. For instance, an MP from Lakhimpur Kheri said anonymously to TOI that ‘The party should not be surprised if people vote for him regardless of the Modi factor. They cannot stand his arrogance. We have given feedback on Teni negative impact, but the higher-ups decided to give him another chance, perhaps because of caste factors.
Another MLA said: “I have been talking to people in my constituency and many people say they will not support him. They love the BJP but they also dislike Teni.
VHP’s prant pracharak Acharya Sanjay Mishra said, “It’s true. Except one MLA, none of them are supporting Theni. But the BJP will win because votes will go for PM Modi or Yogi Adityanath(I hope you can solve this).
Largest district in Uttar Pradesh crisscrossed with many rivers and extensive forests overhead, Lakhimpur Kheri is preparing for a battle. One of the players in this battle is Pawan Kashyap who lives near Nepal’s border where motorcycles with red license plates usually roar past; he is the brother of one journalist killed in Ticunha.
“It has been three years since bhai (brother) passed away. Out of 208 witnesses only 5 were examined. I have filed several petitions in the Supreme Court for fast-track hearing of the case. It is difficult but I have received support from those who have supported me There’s a lot of resistance to Turney. Let’s see.
