My book is written with no political consideration, says MP Varun Gandhi

He has covered the gamut factors impacting the rural and agricultural landscapes

At a time when rural issues have yet again gained centre stage, Member of Parliament from Sultanpur, Varun Gandhi, has written a nearly 800-page-book — A Rural Manifesto: Realizing India’s Future Through Her Villages — covering the gamut factors impacting the rural and agricultural landscapes. He tells Sanjeeb Mukherjee that the book was written without political motivations. Edited excerpts:

The central government claims it has made fundamental changes to the way in which agriculture problems have been handled so far. Do you think the central schemes and programmes have had any traction on the ground?
 

Policy cannot be judged in the