Updated: November 30, 2020 8:00:25 pm
Beniwal also demanded that the government implement all the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission. (Photo: Twitter / @ hanumanbeniwal)
After Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), another member of the NDA, the Rajasthan-based Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), has expressed dissatisfaction with the farm laws, claiming that it would have to reconsider its participation in the alliance unless it is Eliminate the laws. Follow LIVE updates from the farmers’ protest
The RLP, led by Hanuman Beniwal, has one seat in the Lok Sabha and three MLAs in the Rajasthan Assembly.
श्री @AmitShah जी किसान हित मे संज्ञान लेवे!@RLPINDIAorg @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/0UeADvYjCv
– HANUMAN BENIWAL (@hanumanbeniwal) November 30, 2020
In a letter to Interior Minister Amit Shah on Monday, Beniwal, MP from Nagaur, said in Hindi: “In drawing your attention to the farmers’ protests against the three bills, I would like to ask you to act immediately to withdraw these bills. The people who feed the country are stirring in the middle of this extreme winter and the Covid-19 pandemic, which is not well reflected in the government.
Beniwal also demanded that the government implement all the recommendations of the Swaminathan Commission.
“For conversations with agitated farmers, a suitable place should be provided in Delhi according to their will. If no decision is made on this matter with immediate effect, then RLP, which is a constituent part of the NDA, will have to reconsider the decision to continue in the alliance. RLP’s strength is in the farmers and the Jawans, ”Beniwal said in the letter.
During the Lok Sabha elections last year, the BJP had signed an alliance with the RLP, which was formed by Beniwal in 2018 prior to the Rajasthan Assembly elections. Beniwal, who was sent from Nagaur, won the elections. Subsequently, the party also contested the by-elections of the Assembly in alliance with the BJP.
Beniwal, a prominent Jat leader from Rajasthan, has considerable support among the youth and also in Jat-dominated districts such as Nagaur and Barmer.
Over the past few days, Beniwal had hinted that he was unhappy with the BJP and had voiced his opposition to the three farm laws. The RLP has also gone solo in the ongoing elections of Panchayati Raj in Rajasthan, choosing to face the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP.
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