Farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri have turned down the olive branch extended to them by Union minister Ajay Mishra Teni, whose son, Ashish, is the main accused in the October 3 incident in which four farmers were mowed down by his car.

The minister had called the farmers for a meeting at his residence on Tuesday to address problems related to paddy procurement and also to settle the October 3 violence case. Leaders of the Sikh community held an emergency meeting at a gurdwara and asked farmers of the area to skip the meeting.