Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday met here at his official residence the family members of slain Hindutva leader Kamlesh Tiwari and sought to assure them of all help and justice but failed to win the trust of the killed man's mother.
Despite sounding satisfied with the chief minister's assurances immediately after meeting him, Tiwari's distraught mother Kusum later said she was not satisfied and vowed to "take up the sword" herself, if she did not get the justice.
She also blamed the police for forcing the family to venture out of their house to meet the chief minister, despite customs forbidding a family to get out of the house during the mourning period.
"It was at his (CM) direction that policemen forced us to meet him. So we were compelled to come (to Lucknow)," she said.
"Had I been satisfied (with the chief minister's assurance), my blood would not have boiled," she told mediapersons later when asked if she was satisfied with the meeting.
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