Annoyed with the BJP for its “stubborn stance” on the new agricultural sector laws, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP), a member of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Rajasthan, withdrew its support for the BJP-led government in Rajasthan on Saturday. center. The RLP has one seat in the Lok Sabha and three members in the State Assembly.
RLP chief and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal announced the decision to leave the NDA during a mass farmers’ demonstration in Shahjahanpur, near the Rajasthan-Haryana border. He claimed that his party’s voice was not being heard in Delhi and that the NDA government was mishandling the farmers’ agitation.
The RLP is the second ally, after the Shiromani Akali Dal, to sever ties with the BJP because the three agricultural laws oppose large sectors of farmers. Mr. Beniwal had resigned from three parliamentary committees last week after extending his support for the farmers’ agitation.
“The self-respect of the farmers is the strength of my party … I am not attached to the NDA with Fevicol. Today, I am parting ways with this alliance, ”Beniwal announced as he addressed farmers who had gathered on the Jaipur-Delhi road in his call to join a march to the capital. Haryana police had sealed off the road on Friday to detain the farmers.
‘Don’t join Congress’
Beniwal said the farm bills were passed in his absence, when he was kept out of Lok Sabha on the pretext of COVID-19 infection. “If he had been present, he would have smashed the Bills and thrown them away.”
The RLP deputy said he was not going to join any congressional-led alliance, adding that his party would contest the next three-seat by-election in the state on its own. After the meeting, Mr. Beniwal joined an evening paraav (sitting) of his followers some distance from the site where Samyukt Kisan Morcha has been holding a protest since December 12.
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