Former UP Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav has been detained. Earlier, Priyanka Gandhi, Deepender Singh Hooda and other Congress leaders were detained at Sitapur around 5 am on Monday. Eight people were killed in violence on Sunday after a Union minister’s son allegedly ran over a group of farmers who were staging a protest in Lakhimpur Kheri. BJP spokesperson explains why opposition leaders stopped on going to Lakhimpur.