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Exit of Haryana BJP leaders puts focus back on farm protests
Business Standard
|April 10, 2024
Former Union minister Birender Singh and his wife Prem Lata on Tuesday joined the Congress, a day after quitting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Last month, their son Brijendra Singh had joined the Congress after quitting the BJP.
Prem Lata is a former BJP member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Birender Singh is the maternal grandson of farmer leader Sir Chhotu Ram and served as a Union minister in the NDA government. He had joined the BJP in 2014 after 42 years with the Congress.
The exit of Haryana's fatherson duo from the BJP has brought back the focus on the farmers' agitation. Singh's family has long been seen as pro-farmer. After his exit on Monday, Singh said he had raised the issue of farmers' protest on party platforms and urged for the resolution of their grievances. "I felt while I was giving suggestions, those were not being heeded." Singh had openly extended support to the farmers' agitation against the now-repealed farm laws.
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