Sidelined, BJP's Varun Gandhi Doubles Down With Vajpayee Video On Farmers

Thursday, 14 October 2021Newsdesk

BJP MP Varun Gandhi - dumped from his party's National Executive this month after calling for justice for the families of farmers killed in UP's Lakhimpur Kheri, and speaking out in support of other farmers protesting the centre's new laws - is in no mood to back down.

New Delhi, 14 October 2021

As per news report of NDTV, This morning Mr Gandhi tweeted an undated video of (a very young-looking) Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in which the late former Prime Minister warns the government against intimidating farmers. According to news agency PTI the video is from 1980 and Mr Vajpayee is cautioning the then Indira Gandhi government against repressing farmers. "... warn the government against intimidating farmers. Don't try to scare us... Farmers are not going to be scared. We don't want to use farmers' movement for politics..." Mr Vajpayee says in the video.

Source - NDTV