Varun Gandhi posts video of UP man setting fire to crop, seeks agri policy rethink

BJP MP Varun Gandhi once again sought to put his own government in the dock over the burning of paddy by a farmer in Uttar Pradesh's Lakhimpur Kheri district and said that there was a need to 'revisit' the agricultural policies.

In a post on his Twitter handle Varun referred to the incident and lamented that the prevailing system had ruined the farmers.

''Is vyawastha ne kisaon ko kahan lakar khada kar diya hai....krishi niti par punarchintan aaj ki sabse badi jaroorat hai'' (the system has brought miseries to the farmers....revisiting the agricultural police is the biggest need of the hour), the saffron party MP said in his tweet.

Varun also shared the video showing the farmer, identified as Samodh Singh, a resident of Mohammadi area in the district, setting the stack of paddy kept at a mandi at fire before other farmers. Singh was frustrated as his paddy remained unsold despite being kept there for over a fortnight.

Varun has been attacking the Centre and the state government on the issues of farmers. He had also lent support to the farmers, when eight people, including four farmers, were killed in Lakhimpur Kheri earlier this month. He had also supported the 'mahapanchayat' of the farmers at Muzaffarnagar in protest against the new farm laws.

A couple of days ago, the BJP MP had cornered the Yogi Adityanath government over its alleged apathetic attitude toward the victims of the flood in Lakhimpur Kheri and other districts in the region.

''The common man is left to fend for himself at a time when he needs the system most....if he has to do everything himself then what is the need to have a government,'' he had tweeted.

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