evidence: Ajay Fauji, who runs a grocery business in the Lanka area of Varanasi, had said that the price of the tomatoes was the reason he involved the bouncers. "Violence is rampant, and some have even been looting tomatoes." [...] In UP's Varanasi, a local Samajwadi Party leader Ajay Fauji, in a viral video, can be seen deploying two bouncers to protect tomatoes at a vegetable shop in what is seen as a protest against skyrocketing prices of tomatoes. pic.twitter.com/ktEeKt76cE — Piyush Rai (@Benarasiyaa) July 9, 2023 The vegetable vendor is also a Samajwadi Party worker and earlier had cut a tomato-shaped cake in Varanasi on the birthday of Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav. Akhilesh Yadav too shared the image of a news clip relating to Fauji and his bouncers, and tweeted, "The BJP should provide ‘Z-Plus’ security to tomatoes."