Two of those three defeats were at Hisar’s Ukalana and Rewari’s Dharuhera (Archive)
New Delhi:
Haryana Prime Minister Manohar Lal Khattar vowed on Thursday to leave the policy if he could not secure the guaranteed minimum price of support for farmers. The BJP leader, who has faced protests from state farmers over his demand to repeal the three controversial farm laws enacted by the center, made the comment a day after the ruling alliance lost elections to three of the five municipal corporations. in Haryana. .
“We are committed to the continuation of the MSP (Minimum Support Price) in Haryana. Manohar Lal will leave politics if someone tries to end the MSP regime,” the ANI news agency was quoted as saying.
Khattar’s deputy, JJP’s Dushyant Chautala, had made a similar comment earlier this month. “… I will work to secure the MSP for farmers while I am in power. I will resign my position the day I cannot keep the promise,” he had said.
Two of those three defeats were at Hisar’s Ukalana and Rewari’s Dharuhera, both of which are considered strongholds of Chautala’s JJP.
The BJP and its ally Janta Jannayak Party (JJP) also lost the mayoral elections in Sonipat and Ambala on Wednesday.
In reaction to the defeat, Ambala’s BJP MLA, Aseem Goel, hinted that ongoing farmer protests on the Delhi borders against the laws may have affected the survey results.
“When the government does a good job, they all come together to prevent the government from achieving its goals. This is what is happening in Haryana. Their agenda is meaningless, they have no real goals. All they want is to stop the BJP. They will resolve their differences later, but let’s tackle the BJP first, here’s what they think, ”he said.
Farmers fear that the laws will make them susceptible to exploitation by large corporations, which will outpace traditional crop markets. The center says the laws are not intended to end the existing system, but to provide better avenues for farmers to sell their crops.
The center and protesting farmers held the sixth round of talks to break out of the stalemate on Wednesday. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar later said the meeting “ended on a very good note” and that there was agreement on two of the four farmers’ demands.
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