Dilli Chalo | ‘Khaps’ spearhead farmers agitation in Haryana
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State has witnessed a late surge in agitation
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Farm team: Sunil Gulia, head of the Gulia Khap, arriving with his supporters on his improvised tractor at the Tikri border.
State has witnessed a late surge in agitation
Though the farmers agitation in Punjab is primarily led by farmer unions with substantial political support, “Khaps”, the community organisations representing a clan or a group of related clans, spearhead the movement in Haryana, which has witnessed a late surge in agitation.
Four days after the November 26 farmers unions’ call for “Dilli Chalo”, hundreds of farmers from across 59 villages in and around Charki Dadri district in Haryana held a “panchayat” under the aegis of “Sangwan Khap” to express their solidarity with the agitators.
Express News Service
CHANDIGARH: A half of Dushyant Chautala’s 10 MLAs in the Jannayak Janata Party, an ally of the ruling BJP in Haryana, have openly supported the protesting farmers.
On his part, Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala on Wednesday said the Centre has accepted the farmers’ demand for assured MSP in writing and now it is up to the farmers to respond to the Centre’s other proposals.
Chautala said he is quite hopeful that the farmers protesting over the new agri-marketing laws will understand that when the Centre is giving written assurances, it a victory for their struggle .