The Lok Sabha elections are underway and farmers issues are particularly important now, and PepsiCo doesn’t have a vote. So, it is understandable that political parties want to be seen as being pro-farmer. Last week, after PepsiCo took a few Gujarati farmers to court for, allegedly, illegally growing its proprietary potatoes, both Congressman Ahmed Patel and BJP spokesman Tajinder Bagga tweeted against the decision.
