Farmer dies waiting for his turn at fertiliser shop in UP’s Lalitpur

A farmer died in a queue at a fertiliser shop on Friday in the district’s Jakhlaun area, where he was allegedly waiting for his turn for the past two days, according to an official.

A farmer died in a queue at a fertiliser shop on Friday in the district’s Jakhlaun area, where he was allegedly waiting for his turn for the past two days, according to an official. 2 !pic.twitter.com/YDhoPRpFvI

Reacting to it, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav sought compensation for the farmers’ kin and attacked the state government, saying never in the history of independent India, farmers were so much "harassed and humiliated".