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Feb 21, 2021, 11:32AM ISTSource: TOI.in A 27-year-old farmer in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor on Saturday publicly destroyed standing wheat crop on his six-bigha farmland to mark his protest against the new central agriculture laws. A video clip showing Sohit Ahlawat riding a tractor over his wheat crop at Kulchana village in Chandpur tehsil went viral on messenger apps. At a kisan mahapanchayat just a day ago, Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait had urged farmers to give importance to the agitation and, if need be, destroy their crops. On Saturday afternoon, Tikait said Ahlawat’s video had pained him but more farmers would do the same “if the government does not listen to us”. “The government has forced us into a situation where farmers are destroying crops, which is not a good sight. I was personally pained to see the video, but this is not what I meant when I asked farmers to be ready to sacrifice one season’s crops. ‘Is tarah nuksan ka matlab nahin banta hai� ....