Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday met the family members of farmers killed in the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri and promised them all assistance. They arrived in Lakhimpur after the Uttar Pradesh government allowed them to visit the violence-hit district. Talking to newspersons later in the night, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi said all the three families she met want justice. 'All the three families have said one thing that they are not concerned about compensation but want justice,' she said when asked about the financial assistance announced for the victims' families.

Pressing for the resignation of Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Kumar Mishra, she said, 'They (victims' families) will not get justice till the minister resigns as impartial inquiry is not possible as he is the minister of state for home.' When asked about the minister's son, who has been named in the FIR, she said, 'He should be arrested. They can arrest us without FIR or order' Why are the criminals not being arrested,' she asked. Earlier, Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi left for Lakhimpur together in a car from a police guest house in Sitapur where she was kept in detention since Monday morning.