PANAJI
The Congress on Monday staged a Maun Vrat at Azad Maidan in Panaji in protest against the alleged killing of innocent farmers at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh.
Senior Congress leader and Congress observer P Chidambaram, AICC in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao along with other Congress leaders -- Francisco Sardinha, Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco and Girish Chodankar -- participated in the Maun Vrat.
The protest was organised as part of the AICC's nationwide protest.
Gundu Rao said farmers who have been protesting in a peaceful manner have been killed in Lakhimpur, while four more persons had died in violence after the incident.
The Congress leaders claimed that despite nationwide protests against the incidents, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not uttered a word on the issue.
Opposition Leader said the attack on farmers at Lakhimpur gave the feeling that there is dictatorship in the country.
