BJP leaders from a dominant farming community in Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh held separate meetings on Wednesday to chalk up an outreach to members of the Jaat community and caste councils (khaps) to counter the narrative against the Centre’s three farm laws.
The party has alleged that the farmer agitation against these laws has been made an emotive issue for the Jaat community by a section of people to further their political ambitions.
With protesting farmer union leaders holding ‘mahapanchayats’ in Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, BJP president J P Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday had held a meeting with party leaders, MPs and MLAs from these places.
In follow-up to the meeting, leaders, mostly belonging to the community in western UP and Haryana, met separately on Wednesday to chalk up further plan.
Union minister Sanjeev Balyan, who represents Muzaffarnagar in…