Sidelined, BJP's Varun Gandhi Doubles Down With Vajpayee Video On Farmers
NDTV
Varun Gandhi is the only BJP member to speak up on the Lakhimpur Kheri issue, in which Ashish Mishra, the son of junior Home Minister Ajay Mishra, is an accused
BJP MP Varun Gandhi - dumped from his party's National Executive this month after repeatedly demanding justice for the families of farmers run over in Lakhimpur Kheri, and speaking out in support of those protesting the centre's new laws - is in no mood to back down. Wise words from a big-hearted leader… pic.twitter.com/xlRtznjFAx
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.
"... 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.
"We support their genuine demands, and if the government tries to scare us, or misuse the laws, or disregard the peaceful movement of farmers, we will also become part of the movement," he adds.
