Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait has demanded that Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra be sacked and that his son be arrested in connection with the death of farmers during a protest.

He also demanded Rs one crore compensation and a government job for the family members of the deceased farmers. "After our demands were met, then only will be cremated the (farmers)," he said at a press conference here. Eight people were killed on October 3 as violence erupted during a farmers' protest, claiming the lives of both farmers and BJP workers ahead of a visit to Lakhimpur by Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya.