(FE)
In one of its kind protest, potatoes were hurled from a truck at various prominent places in Lucknow on Saturday, including chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s residence. The news was confirmed by the Lucknow District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma who said that there was a ruck which had sacks of potato and it started throwing potatoes in various parts of the city early this morning. The reason behind this act was as surprising as it gets. It was reportedly a protest by farmers against the low purchase price of the produce, even as the state government dismissed the incident as the work of “miscreants”.
Even Sharma said that it is still not clear if this was done by the farmers or someone else. “Now, whether this has been done by the farmers or by someone else is yet to be ascertained. So far, no farmers’ group has claimed any responsibility for this act,” he said. Similar scenes were seen on Vidhan Sabha Marg, near VVIP guest house and near the 1090 Crossing. The roads were later cleaned by the Lucknow Municipal Corporation, soil was also put on the smashed potatoes so that motorcyclists and other two-wheeler riders do not skid off the road.
