new delhi ever since the lakhimpur kheri violence took place on october 3 the opposition parties particularly the congress led by its general secretary priyanka gandhi vadra have rushed in to win the sympathy of the farmers whose relatives were killed in the incidentpriyanka accompanied by rajya sabha mp deepender hooda was the first politician to proceed towards lakhimpur kheri however she was stopped a few kilometres away in sitapur and detained in an official guest house she was released on october 6 after her brother rahul gandhi reached sitapur and the two siblings left for lakhimpur kheri to meet the bereaved families of the four farmers who were mowed down allegedly by the vehicles of local mp and union minister of state for home ajay misra teni on the fateful dayrahul gandhi was accompanied by congress chief ministers of punjab and chhattisgarh charanjit singh channi and bhupesh baghel respectively punjab congress president navjot singh sidhu also started a march to lakhimpur kheri demanding arrest of ajay misras son ashish misra tenithere are other congress leaders such as former union minister salman khurshid rajya sabha mp digvijaya singh and former punjab congress chief sunil jakhar who have lent their vocal support to priyankas dare to the uttar pradesh administrationrajasthan congress mla and former deputy cm sachin pilot had left for lakhimpur kheri but was intercepted at moradabadhe tweeted on wednesday this evening acharyapramodk ji and i were detained in moradabad while on route to lakhimpur kheri we didnt break any provisions of the law these undemocratic steps of up govt will not deter us well raise our voice for justice for the deceased farmers and their familiessamajwadi party sp president and former up cm akhilesh yadav was detained outside his house in lucknow on october 4 while he was leaving for lakhimpur kheri however after rahul gandhi and priyanka met the families of the deceased farmers all politicians were allowed by the administration to go to the village akhilesh reached the village on thursdaythough bahujan samaj party bsp supremo mayawati did not as usual but party general secretary and rajya sabha mp satish chandra misra left for lakhimpur kheri on thursday he posted a koo before leaving for the placebsp leader satish chandra misra before leaving for lakhimpur kheri on thursday photo koosatishmisrabspnot to be left behind delhi chief minister arvind kejriwalled aam aadmi partys aap rajya sabha mp sanjay singh visited the village on wednesday aap will also contest the 2022 uttar pradesh assembly electionafter initially stopping every party leader from visiting lakhimpur kheri for two days till october 5 the yogi adityanath government of the state made it free for all from the next day led by priyanka gandhi vadra and later rahul gandhi the congress has sought to derive the maximum political mileage out of the tragic incident in the hope of reaping its benefit in the next years state pollthe congress hopes to see its fortune revive after 37 years in the most populous state