Farmers Movement Archive

Parminder Singh Dhull quits, to campaign against BJP in Baroda

JIND: In a setback to Haryana BJP, former Julana MLA and a strong leader from Jind district Parminder Singh Dhull (63) resigned from the membership of the party in protest against the three new farm laws. Announcing his resignation from the BJP on Tuesday at Jind, Dhull, however, did not disclose his next move. Dhull is one of the tallest leaders from Jind along with former Union minister Birender Singh and had served as an MLA from 2005 to 2014 from INLD. He had joined BJP just before the October 2019 assembly polls and had lost the last election to a JJP candidate. His son Ravinder Singh Dhull, who was working as an additional advocate general in Haryana, also announced to resign from the post. Dhull said he had joined BJP, assuming that it would strengthen the farmer community following the promise of their top brass to double the income by 2022, but farmers are under huge distress. BJP is trying to hand over farmers in few private hands and these three agriculture laws will prevail in that direction, he added. “I felt suffocated in the party since these laws were enacted. I am educated and experienced in Haryana politics and invite any BJP leader, including present agriculture minister J P Dalal or BJP’s state president O P Dhankar, who claims laws will benefit, at an open platform to argue as this move will lead farmers toward destruction,” he said.

The Times of India

2020-10-21

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