Farmers Movement Archive

Will quit if farmers fail to get MSP: Haryana deputy CM Dushyant Chautala

JIND/HISAR: Speaking on the ‘Bharat Bandh’ call given by various farmer outfits on September 25, Jannayak Janata Party (JJP) leader and Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala said everyone has the right to protest in a democracy, but one should not cross the line. He was in Jind on Thursday to address the grievances of his party workers. Addressing a press conference at his party office in Jind, Dushyant said some people were misguiding farmers on three agriculture bills. “While on the one side, the Centre has increased MSP, on the other the Haryana government has assured farmers that the MSP will not come to an end. Therefore, farmers need to be beware of people with ulterior motives,” he said, adding, “If farmers fail to get MSP, I will resign from my post of deputy chief minister.” Chautala said Congress had mulled over these bills by forming CM committee seven years ago, but are now opposing them for political mileage. During his Hisar visit on the same day, Dushyant said the rumour that the government was trying to abolish the minimum support price (MSP) had been spread among the public by the opposition parties. He said the government would purchase every single grain of the farmers at the MSP. In Hisar district, Dushyant inaugurated the sub-tehsil complex, built at a cost of Rs 7.18 crore in Kheri Jalab village. He also inaugurated a railway overbridge built at the cost of Rs 25 crore at the railway station on the Nalwa-Umra road in Hansi and a newly-constructed water house at Kirara village. Dushyant, who arrived at the Hisar mini secretariat on Thursday afternoon to preside over a meeting with the district officials, had to enter through the backdoor due to the demonstration by the sacked physical training instructors (PTIs) and farmers. Although a large number of police force personnel were stationed outside the mini secretariat, as a precaution the deputy CM was made to enter through the backdoor.

The Times of India

2020-09-25

Chandigarh