BJP MP Varun Gandhi, who has earlier cautioned against linking violence in Uttar Pradesh Lakhimpur Kheer told Khalistanis on Sunday that “an attempt is being made to turn Lakhimpur Kheri into a Hindu versus Sikh fight.” Calling it “immoral” and “dangerous”, Varun Gandhi asked the parties to “not put small political gains above national integration”.
Trying to turn #LakhimpurKheeri into a Hindu vs Sikh fight. Not only this, it is an immoral and false narrative. It is dangerous to create these fault lines and reopen wounds that have taken a generation to heal. We should not put petty political gains above national integration,” Pilibhit MP Gandhi tweeted on Sunday.
talking Indian ExpressVarun Gandhi said on Sunday that “The struggle for justice in Lakhimpur is about a brutal massacre in front of an arrogant local power elite. It has no religious connotation.” “Using the word Khalistani liberally to describe the protesting farmers was not only an insult to generations of these proud sons, but it is also extremely dangerous to our national unity if it provokes the wrong kind of reaction,” he said. They said.
Last week, Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi Was thrown out of the new National Executive Committee of BJP. Varun’s boycott came hours after he condemned the incident at Lakhimpur Kheri, in which a Union minister’s convoy allegedly ran away and killed four protesting farmers. Gandhi had also written to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath demanding registration of a murder case against those involved in the deaths of four farmers in the Lakhimpur Kheri incident.
Gandhi criticized the incidents at Lakhimpur Kheri, condemned those involved in the farmers’ deaths and urged the government to be patient and restrain its approach. Responding to some BJP leaders linking the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri to “Khalistanis”, Gandhi had cautioned The Indian Express in a brief interview to use “derogatory and derogatory” language against “struggling farmers”. unfair and cruel” and that it “may cause further backlash among those who are very peaceful at the moment.” “It is extremely unfortunate and it is also dangerous for the country. Because instead of understanding what the struggling farmers are saying, we cannot start using derogatory language for them. Gandhi told the Indian Express.
Earlier, Varun had also come out in support of the farmers opposing the controversial agricultural laws. He wrote a letter to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath demanding relief measures for the distressed and agitating farmers.
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