Senior BJP leader Chaudhary Birender Singh comes out in support of the agitating farmers SECTIONS Share Synopsis 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. Agencies 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.”