‘Need to rethink agriculture policy’: Varun Gandhi

Saturday, 23 October 2021Newsdesk

Emphasising upon the need to rethink agriculture policy, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Varun Gandhi Saturday shared a video of a farmer from Uttar Pradesh purportedly setting fire to his paddy crop after being unable to sell it.

New Delhi, 23 October 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, the Lok Sabha MP from UP’s Pilibhit tweeted, “A farmer from Uttar Pradesh, Mr Samodh Singh, was going around in the mandis to sell his paddy crop for the last 15 days. When the paddy was not sold, disappointed, he set the crop on fire.” The video shows a man throwing kerosene onto the crop and setting it on fire, while some men try to stop him.

Source - indianexpress.com