UP Govt. denies permission to Rahul Gandhi to visit Lakhimpur Kheri

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh Government today denied permission to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to visit Lakhimpur Kheri district in wake of

law and order situation.

A 5-member delegation of the Congress Party led by Rahul Gandhi is likely to visit Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri on Wednesday to meet families of victims killed in a violent incident on Sunday.

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However, the Uttar Pradesh government denied permission to the Congress delegation in the wake of Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) that has been imposed in Lucknow.

The District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri has imposed section 144 of the Code of

Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which prohibits assembly of five or more people at a time, following the Sunday incident.

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