Farmers Movement Archive

JJP MLA Ramkumar Gautam comes out in farmers’ support

HISAR: Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) MLA from Narnaund constituency in Hisar district, Ramkumar Gautam has announced support for the ongoing farmers’ agitation against the new agricultural laws. Gautam appealed to the central government to immediately withdraw the three agricultural laws. Gautam has become the third JJP MLA after Shahbad MLA Ramkaran Kala and Barwala MLA Jogi Ram Sihag to support the farmers’ protest. The Nanrnaund MLA urged all political parties of Haryana to come together on the issue and pass a resolution requesting the Centre to accept farmers’ demands at the earliest. Gautam said in view of the situation at this time, the government should not wait for December 9 and repeal the law immediately as children and the elderly are sitting on the Tikri border in cold weather. He said if the government takes farmers lightly, there will be losses. Earlier, JJP’s Shahbad MLA Ramkaran Kala and Barwala MLA Jogi Ram Sihag announced their support to the farmers’ issue. While Kala offered to resign to support the farmers agitation, Sihag refused to take over a chairman of Housing Board Haryana post to express solidarity with farmers. JJP state president Nishan Singh was approached three times about the matter but he did not talk about the issue. JJP holds the key The Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) is the BJP’s key ally in Haryana. While BJP has 40 seats, JJP has 10 seats in the 90-member Haryana assembly. Seven independent MLAs also supported the government and Ranjit Singh is the power minister. Balraj Kundu had already withdrawn his support, while Sombir Sangwan has withdrawn his support in the wake of the farmers’ movement.

The Times of India

2020-12-07

Chandigarh