CHANDIGARH: Abhay Singh Chautala of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) resigned as a Haryana legislator on Wednesday in solidarity with the protesting farmers, becoming the first politician to do so.
The MLA from Sirsa district’s Ellenabad seat and younger son of former CM Om Prakash Chautala submitted his resignation to assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta, who confirmed accepting it. This will force yet another by-election, after Baroda last November. Asked if he would re-contest, Abhay said he would consult the people of Ellenabad but this resignation was against the Centre’s three agri-marketing laws and against BJP’s registering “false cases” against the protesting farmers.