Opposition leaders of Jat belt sense opportunity
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The farmers’ agitation, especially in western UP, Punjab and Haryana, is steadily acquiring a political dimension. As the last week’s efforts to browbeat the farmers at Delhi’s borders led to larger resistance and reinforcement, many opposition leaders in the region are making attempts to tap the openings.
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New Delhi: The farmers’ agitation, especially in western UP, Punjab and Haryana, is steadily acquiring a political dimension. As the last week’s efforts to browbeat the farmers at Delhi’s borders led to larger resistance and reinforcement, many opposition leaders in the region are making attempts to tap the openings. Also, the ‘Jat-Gurjar rivalry’, which played out at Ghazipur last week, has given a new dimension to the kisan mahapanchayats. If Muzaffarnagar riots had broken the Jat-Muslim ties in western UP and led to BJP’s electoral sweep in the region in the subsequent elec