Updated: December 2, 2020 8:09:34 am
Head of JJP Ajay Singh Chautala
With the majority of JJP’s 10 MLAs coming out in support of protesting farmers, BJP’s ally in Haryana on Tuesday backed their demand for MSP secured for crops. JJP chief Ajay Singh Chautala, father of Haryana’s Senior Deputy Minister Dushyant Chautala, said the Center should consider including MSPs in agricultural laws. “What is the problem writing a line?” Ajay Chautala said.
Dushyant’s younger brother and JJP leader Digvijay said the JJP would decide its “future strategy” depending on discussions between the farmers and the Center.
Farmers are demanding that the MSP guarantee be integrated into current farm laws or that a separate law be introduced to ensure the same. On Tuesday, several JJP MLAs, some of whom have been backing farmers’ objections to the new farm laws from the beginning, came out in support.
Lamenting that “annadata” are sitting on the roads, Ajay Chautala said: “There are statements from the Minister of Agriculture (of the Union) and the Prime Minister himself that we will continue with the PMS. Then it should be added (in the document). is the problem writing a line? … We want a solution as soon as possible. We have urged government officials to solve the farmers’ problems. “
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In a subsequent tweet, the JJP chief reiterated: “The problems of farmers must be eliminated with a unanimous resolution … The Center must consider including the MSP in the law.”
With 10 MLAs in the 90-member Assembly, the JJP – Jannayak Janata Party – is a minor alliance partner in the government led by Manohar Lal Khattar. An independent lawmaker, Sombir Sangwan, withdrew his support for the state government on Tuesday.
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While Dushyant has yet to comment on the ongoing farmer agitation, Digvijay said Tuesday that the JJP was closely monitoring the outcome of the meeting between farmers and the Union government. The other JJP minister, Anoop Dhanak, Minister of State, Labor and Employment, said: “MSP of crops must be given, which is being given to farmers.”
The party’s Barwala MLA, Jogi Ram Sihag, who has been at the forefront in supporting farmers, said it was wrong to say that only those from Punjab were protesting. “Haryana farmers are so active … If the turmoil continues, the participation of Haryana farmers is likely to be higher than that of Punjab farmers,” Sihag said, stressing that farmers “had not allowed politicization.” of agitation.
The MLA said the legislation would harm both the poor and the farmers. “The poor will get food at higher rates. It is necessary to modify the three laws. “
In October, Sihag had refused to accept the post of chairman of the Haryana Housing Board on the issue of the new farm laws, saying: “Until the laws are changed and there is a guarantee from MSP on crops for farmers, I believe I shouldn’t accept any government profit office. First I’m a farmer’s son and then an MLA. “
The party’s Narwana MLA, Ram Niwas Surjakhera and Tohana MLA Devender Singh Babli also supported the farmers. “I find merit in your claim. They fight for the just cause. There is full participation by the Haryana farmers in the agitation. Even from my constituency, farmers are going to join the turmoil. They are facing problems in Narwana mandi. No payments have been made for their rice field due to the delay in lifting the product, ”said Surjakhera.
Babli said: “Farmers are fighting for their rights. The Constitution has given them the right to fight peacefully. Being the son of a farmer, I ask Modiji and Khattarji to comply with their demands, whatever possible, by presenting themselves with a big heart. “Although he admitted that the issue was” more prominent “in Punjab, he said:” Some farmers in Haryana they have also participated, where the government could not convince them or the farmers could not understand the laws. “
Guhla MLA Ishwar Singh said: “There should have been awareness before introducing the laws. This situation would not have arisen then. A solution will come out of a dialogue ”.
While of the remaining JJP MLA, Naina (Badhra legislator) is Ajay Chautala’s wife, Ram Karan Kala (Shahabad) had joined a farmers’ protest in the Kurukshetra district on September 20.
Digvijay Chautala said he respects the sentiments of the Independent MLA which withdrew its support for the government. “It is good that Sangwan has supported the farmers,” he said. When asked about the BJP leaders ‘accusation that the farmers’ agitation was “Opposition policy,” Digvijay said: “The BJP chief himself has said that this is not political, but farmers agitation. “. Amit Shah recently said that he never called it a political protest.
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