You'll lose if you are anti-farmer, says Swaraj Abhiyan's Yogendra Yadav

The problem is the govt speaks so much about MSP that it has led ordinary people to believe that it must have done something nice on MSP

Swaraj Abhiyan president Yogendra Yadav is a strident voice for farmers’ cause. In an interview to Archis Mohan, he speaks about the outcome of the recent farmers’ protest in Delhi, how the ruling government is “anti-farmer” and feels repeated loan waivers are not good for the farmers Edited excerpts:

What is your assessment of the recent farmers’ protest by the Naresh Tikait-led Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) and the Narendra Modi government’s response?

We should look at the protest in the context of the widespread farmers’ upsurge that we have seen all over the country in the last year and a