In a tweet, Gandhi quoted a news report that price rise has hit common people hard with petrol becoming dearer by Rs 2.35 and diesel by Rs 3 in 11 days.

The Lakhimpur Kheri incident has triggered a major political storm with opposition parties accusing the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh of shielding the culprits.

Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi and other leaders met the family of deceased farmer Lovepreet at the Chaukhada farm in Palia at around 9 pm on Wednesday.

Opposition leaders are trying to visit Lakhimpur Kheri but have been either denied permission or detained on the way since section 144 has been imposed.

Despite repeated requests from security forces to follow the set protocol, Rahul Gandhi and his team insisted on using their own vehicles to go to Lakhimpur Kheri.

Rahul Gandhi said that the BJP governments at the Centre and Uttar Pradesh are attacking farmers and said that he will visit Lakhimpur Kheri where 8 people lost their lives in Sunday's violence.

Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri witnessed largescale violence on October 3 in which eight people were killed. Four of the eight dead were farmers, allegedly knocked down by vehicles driven by BJP workers travelling to welcome UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya to an event in the area.

The Lucknow police imposed restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC till November 8 to maintain law & order and ensure adherence to COVID rules in view of upcoming festivals, various entrance exams and farmers' protests.

Ahead of the visit, the Congress in a letter to UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sought permission for Rahul Gandhi-led delegation to visit Lakhimpur Kheri saying political leaders from UP and West Bengal were allowed and Congress should be permitted in the same spirit.

MoS Home Ajay Mishra has refuted allegations that his son Ashish Mishra was involved in the incident at Lakhimpur Kheri and said that three BJP workers and a driver were beaten to death by "some elements" present among the protesting farmers there.

Earlier today, Priyanka Gandhi too had took to Twitter and said she had been detained since the last 28 hours without an order, or an FIR.

In a video released by Congress, Priyanka Gandhi was seen sweeping the floor of a room where she was apparently kept by the police.

Panchjanya, an RSS-linked magazine, has criticised Rahul Gandhi's working style. It said that "the rahu kaal (bad phase) of Congress begins with Rahul"

Close to 100 soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) transgressed the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Barahoti sector in Uttarakhand on August 30.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi held the central govt responsible for the record-breaking petrol prices.

Shiv Sena said that although Rahul Gandhi was trying to resolve the issues faced by Congress, the old-timers in the party were in a secret pact with the BJP.

Chief spokesperson of the Congress Randeep Surjewala said the party president had indicated last week that a meeting of the CWC, the top decision-making body of the party, would be called very soon.

Amid the Punjab Congress fiasco, Kapil Sibal launched an attack on Rahul Gandhi and wondered who in the party is taking decisions. He said that the party leaders' demand of organisational elections has not been met even a year after the letter was written by G-23.

Congress MP from Wayanad Rahul Gandhi accused PM Modi of breaking the relationships and "bridges" between the people and claimed that this was leading to "shattering" of the idea of India.

The Congress leader will be laying the foundation stone and inaugurating various developmental projects during his visit.