Surya Pratap Singh

A case has been filed against a retired IAS officer in Uttar Pradesh by the police for a tweet on Wednesday, in which he raised questions about the state government's testing policy related to the coronavirus pandemic and alleged that a top Uttar Pradesh government official was asking field officials in districts to go slow on testing samples.

At Barabanki's vegetable market, around 40 km from Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, the going rate for a kg of potato is Rs 4. Every time a potato trader shouts out the rate, it depresses farmer Surya Pratap Singh, who has spent a week here trying to get better price for his 120 sacks of potato.

A case has been filed against a retired IAS officer in Uttar Pradesh by the police for a tweet on Wednesday, in which he raised questions about the state government's testing policy related to the coronavirus pandemic and alleged that a top Uttar Pradesh government official was asking field officials in districts to go slow on testing samples.

At Barabanki's vegetable market, around 40 km from Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, the going rate for a kg of potato is Rs 4. Every time a potato trader shouts out the rate, it depresses farmer Surya Pratap Singh, who has spent a week here trying to get better price for his 120 sacks of potato.