No other incident after the gang rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Hathras has drawn as much attention as the recent brutal mowing down of protesting farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri.The Uttar Pradesh government’s reticence in taking concrete action beyond tokenistic measures has only fuelled farmers’ anger instead of quelling it. The business-as-usual approach has prompted politicians across the spectrum to hit back at the Adityanath-led government’s failure to arrest Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son, Ashish, the primary accused in the case, even while it has mobilised its forces to prevent opposition leaders to visit victims’ families in Lakhimpur Kheri.Over the last two days, several opposition leaders have extended support to the farmers’ families, and termed the Adityanath government’s handling of the incident as a ‘severe erosion of democracy’. So will this have a significant impact on Yogi Adityanath’s electoral prospects?