Rumblings in BJP-JJP as Haryana farmers protest central Ordinances

Written by Sukhbir Siwach
, Varinder Bhatia
| Chandigarh |

Updated: September 12, 2020 8:02:56 am





Farmers protest outside Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala’s house in Sirsa. (Express photo)

As farmers in Haryana continued their agitation against three central Ordinances promulgated in June, the opposition Congress and INLD rallied to their support, while the state’s ruling BJP and JJP spoke in conflicting voices.

A day after farmers’ organisations led by the Bhartiya Kisan Union (BKU) blocked the national highway at Pipli in Kurukshetra and clashed with police, the protests’ leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni was booked in several cases. Chaduni remained defiant and promised to intensify…

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