JJP flays lathicharge

Hisar, September 10

Senior leaders of the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), which is in power in alliance with the BJP in Haryana, have criticised the lathicharge on protesting farmers at Pipli town of Kurukshetra today.

JJP leader Digvijay Singh Chautala, founder member of the JJP along with his elder brother Dushyant Chautala who is the Deputy Chief Minister, tweeted that the lathicharge is condemnable. Stating that they realise the pain of farmers, Digvijay demanded a probe into the incident. “It is painful and should not have happened.”

Naina Chautala, MLA from Badhra, during her visit to her Assembly segment stated that it is wrong if farmers have been lathicharged. “I will get to know about the incident after watching the news,” she said.

Meanwhile, INLD leader and MLA from Ellenabad Assembly segment in Sirsa Abhay Singh Chautala condemned the incident. “It is unfortunate that the government is unleashing lathis on farmers instead of talking to them on the three ordinances. We will fight the battle for the farmers rising above politics,” he mentioned in his tweet. — TNS