Abhay Chautala’s resignation will help govt in no-trust move: Hooda

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, January 28

Former Haryana Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda has stated that the resignation tendered by INLD leader Abhay Singh Chautala would help the BJP-JJP government and not the farmers.

Addressing a news conference here today, Hooda maintained that Abhay’s resignation would help the state government during voting on no-trust motion.

“We are going to bring a no-confidence motion against the BJP-JJP regime in the state. One vote of the Opposition has been decreased due to Abhay’s resignation from the Assembly. Now, the government will require 45 votes instead of 46 to survive the no-trust move,” he asserted.

The former Chief Minister reaffirmed support to the farmers’ agitation and urged the Central Government to accede to their demands.

He, however, condemned the Red Ford incident which took place during the farmers’ tractor parade in New Delhi on Republic Day and sought a thorough probe into the entire episode so as to identify the persons who reached the Red Fort with an intention to ruin the peaceful and disciplined agitation.

“Barring that incident, there were no reports of any clash, indiscipline or untoward incident despite the fact that lakhs of farmers had participated in the tractor-parade,” he pointed out.

The Congress leader asserted that the recently enacted agriculture laws were anti-farmer and hence the farmers were protesting against these. He sought financial aid and jobs for the family members of the farmers who have lost their lives during the agitation like the Punjab Government had announced.