After SAD, RLP, former union minister Birender Singh extends support to farmers protest over farm laws
Former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha member Chaudhary Birender Singh said the party (BJP) and politics were secondary and he has always given priority to the farmers and agriculture.
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UPDATED: December 18, 2020 08:39 IST
Birender Singh said the party and politics were secondary and he has always put the farmers in the first place (Photo: Twitter)
After Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) pulled out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) threatened to quit it over the farm laws, now a former union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has extended his support to the farmers protest.
Senior BJP leader Chaudhary Birender Singh comes out in support of the agitating farmers
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On Friday, Singh sat on a dharna under the banner of ‘Sir Chhotu Ram Vichar Manch’ at Sampla, the birthplace of prominent pre-Independence politician Sir Chhotu Ram in Haryana.
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Talking about the farm laws, Singh said, “If the farmers are sitting here, they must be aggrieved with the farm legislations.”
New Delhi: Senior BJP leader Chaudhary Birender Singh broke ranks on the new farm laws and came out in support of the agitating farmers on Friday.
“Being the grandson of Sir Chhotu Ram, who lived his life for farm reforms, I can’t sit idle and see famers sitting on a dharna for their future,” Singh, a former Union rural development minister, told ET. “The APMC (agricultural produce marketing committee) and MSP (minimum support price) was the brainchild of Sir Chhotu Ram and he was the biggest peasant reformer India has ever had.”