Updated: December 23, 2020 8:51:35 am
Harpreet Singh in Singhu.
The BJP in Punjab on Tuesday removed a post about the MSP buying crops from social media after the 36-year-old model whose photos were used as part of the message said he was on the Singhu border protesting with farmers. . Hoshiarpur-based Harpreet Singh, popular as ‘Harp Farmer’ on Twitter, claimed his photo was used without his permission.
Janardan Sharma, Punjab BJP Media Officer, said: “I don’t know how the image was used and who used it. I think now they have taken it away. “
Speaking to The Indian Express, the 36-year-old photographer who also makes short music videos said: “My friend called to say that my photo was being used in an ad campaign in support of the farm bill. I assumed they had removed it from my social media profile. “
The post has been removed.
The photo, from five years ago, shows Harpreet in a farmer’s outfit and says that during this kharif season, the purchase of crops at the minimum subsistence price continues.
He mentioned that government nodal agencies had bought 412.91 LMT (lakh metric tons) of rice and paid 77,957.83 crore benefiting 48.56 lakh of farmers. Details were also given on the purchase of moong, moongfali, soybeans, urad dal, cotton and kopra from MSP.
Once BJP put the post online, Singh replied online: “I have been at the Singhu border since November 26 and I am against these agricultural laws. I am supporting farmers in their fight and BJP is using my image in favor of the bills and that too without my permission. It is the height of indecency. I call on everyone to report this so that Facebook also finds out. “
Singh hails from the village of Nidhulon in Hoshairpur, Punjab. He said his family owns five acres of land where they grow wheat, makka.
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