BJP MP Varun Gandhi suggest Centre to ‘rethink’ agricultural laws

Only BJP leader has openly criticized the wrongdoings of the Centre and the Yogi government. He has taken Twitter to handle to express his displeasure against the UP government its handling of Lakhimpur Kheri violence

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Oct 23, 2021 11:34
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BJP MP Varun Gandhi suggest Centre to ‘rethink’ agricultural laws

New Delhi:  ‘Rebel’ BJP MP of Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi once again reiterated that Centre must rethink about controversial agricultural laws.

Mr. Gandhi has shared a video on his Twitter handle, where farmers have been forced to burn paddy crops because it had remained unsold for 15 days.  

"A farmer from Uttar Pradesh - Samodh Singh - was going from mandi (wholesale market) to mandi for 15 days trying to sell his crop. After failing to do so, in desperation, he burned his entire crop," Mr Gandhi wrote as he shared the video.

The video shows a man - presumably Mr Singh - throwing kerosene on his crop and, despite some trying to hold him back, he sets fire to the whole thing.

"What has this system reduced farmers to? We need to rethink our agriculture policy," Mr Gandhi said. He was the lone BJP leader who spoke against the controversial agricultural policy and openly criticized the police inaction of not arresting the accused who killed four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri violence.  

The BJP MP has been particularly critical of his party in UP; on Thursday he tweeted photos of floods in the state's Terai region and slammed the Yogi Adityanath administration.

"Much of the Terai is flooded. Donating dry rations by hand so no family is hungry till this calamity ends. It is painful that when the common man needs the system the most, he is left to fend for himself. If every response is individual-led then what does 'governance' mean?"

Mr Gandhi last week tweeted another video - of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in which the late former Prime Minister warns the government against intimidating farmers. The video is reportedly from 1980 and Mr Vajpayee is cautioning the then Indira Gandhi government against repressing farmers. 

Mr Gandhi has also tweeted videos of farmers being run over in Lakhimpur, tagging it "murder" and saying that the video was enough to "shake the soul".

His recent outburst against the Yogi government in handling the Lakhimpur Kheri incident has drawn the attention of many. Opposition parties have shared his video and taken swipes at the Yogi government. In the recently constituted BJP National executive committee, the party has dropped Mr. Gandhi. Sources in the party, Mr. Gandhi has distanced himself from the Saffron party.