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The Lakhimpur violence, in which nine people, including farmers, BJP workers and a journalist, were killed on Sunday, added to the cup of woes of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with just a few months to go for the Assembly elections.
The state government was already trying to recover from the mysterious death of Akhara Parishad president Mahant Narendra Giri at his ashram in Prayagraj last month and the death of a Kanpur-based trader in Gorakhpur recently after allegedly being assaulted by police, both incidents raising strong concerns over the prevailing law and order situation in the state.
The Lakhimpur incident, in
