Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) [India], October 6 (ANI): Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday evening reached violence-hit Lakhimpur Kheri where eight people had lost their lives.

The delegation is likely to meet three families of those who died in Lakhimpur Kheri violence.

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The Uttar Pradesh government on Wednesday approved the visit of the Congress delegation led by Rahul Gandhi.

"We have received approval from the government for the visit of Rahul Gandhi-led delegation," Lakhimpur Kheri District Magistrate (DM) Dr Arvind Kumar Chaurasiya told ANI.

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A total of eight people including four farmers died in the violence that took place in Lakhimpur Kheri on October 3. (ANI)

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