Opposition members moved into the Well of the House demanding removal of Mishra from the Union Cabinet, whose son has also been arrested for his role in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence.
Day after SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence said the incident was a 'pre-planned conspiracy', opposition intensified its demand for resignation of Misra, whose son is accused in the incident.
The SIT probing the case, in which 8 persons were killed in October, recommended prosecution of all the accused including MoS Home Ajay Mishra's son under an attempt to murder charge.
In an interview to ThePrint, Meghalaya governor talks about Lakhimpur Kheri incident, the impact of Modi govt's decision to repeal farm laws, and scrapping of Article 370.
A bench headed by CJI Ramana said also took note of the names of the IPS officers provided by the UP govt, and appointed 3 officials as part of the state SIT.
A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana also sought names of the IPS officers from the UP cadre but not natives of the state, for being included in the investigation team.
The UP govt has been granted time to apprise its stand on the suggestion that a former judge of a different high court should monitor the state SIT probe on a day-to-day basis.
Farmers had alleged that Ashish Mishra had opened fire. The FSL report though did not specify whether the recovered weapons were fired on the day of the violence.
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