The protests by Congress workers in different parts of the country, especially in Rajasthan, Punjab and Chattishgarh, also mobilised the support of farmers.
Since the Supreme Court has taken cognizance of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence, the Yogi government constituted a panel headed by a retired Allahabad High Court judge to investigate into the entire episode.
The BJP’s top leadership is under pressure to drop Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra and arrest his son Asheesh against whom FIR was belatedly lodged.