Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will on Tuesday head to Lakhimpur Kheri to participate in the “antim ardas (final rites)” prayers of the protesting farmers who were mowed down in the Uttar Pradesh district earlier this month.

NDTV reported that “Rahul Gandhi Go Back, Priyanka Gandhi Go Back” banners were allegedly sighted along the highway. While some of the banners mentioned who had put them up, others appeared to have vague details about this aspect.

All banners took digs at the Congress, saying ‘people’ don’t want “fake sympathy”.

Preparations for the final prayers are underway at a field, away from the spot where the violence took place in Tikonia village of Lakhimpur Kehri in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.

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Ashish Mishra – son of Union Minister of State for home, Ajay Mishra – is accused of running his SUV over slogan-shouting farmers in the district on October 3.

Several farmers and leaders of different farm unions from various states and districts of the state are likely to participate in the programme.

Farmer leader and national spokesperson of Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) Rakesh Tikait arrived in Tikunia last night for the programme.

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) is the umbrella body of farmer unions spearheading the ongoing protests against the centre’s farm laws.