BJP leader and retired IPS officer Bhaskar Rao dismissed the possibility of the ongoing farmers’ protest in Delhi having any bearing on the outcome of upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Mr. Rao, who was in Mysuru on Wednesday holding a meeting with leaders of the Brahmin community, expressed confidence that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will win the elections and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return for a third term.
Contending that the protesters, who gathered in Delhi, were not farmers, he said: “They have come in luxury cars”. The protest was a “toolkit” deployed by a desperate Opposition before the polls. Referring to the farmers’ demand for law guaranteeing Minimum Support Price (MSP), Mr. Rao said the protesters do not want MSP, but a change of the regime.
