Bandh has caused inconvenience to public at the cost of politics of opposition: Haryana minister

CHANDIGARH: With disruption in normal life in 17 out 22 Haryana districts during Bharat Bandh on Monday, state agriculture and farmers’ welfare minister

Jai Parkash

Dalal termed it an opposition-sponsored call to cause grave inconvenience to the public.

Training his guns, especially, on the Congress, Dalal dared its leaders to project

Rakesh Tikait

as the chief ministerial face during the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh to see for themselves the “reality of the farmers’ strike and his popularity”.

“This Bharat Bandh has caused a lot of inconvenience to the general public at the cost of politics of opposition. The opposition parties, especially the Congress, should apologise to the entire state for this. Rest, this has benefited none but has disheartened the masses,’’ said Dalal.

Notably, Dalal is first BJP minister who has given his reaction to media over the bandh call by SKM, a joint forum of farmers’ organisations protesting the Centre’s farm laws.

The opposition parties have openly announced their support to the bandh call. The INLD had announced the same from dais on Saturday during its Jind rally, while Congress legislative Party leader Bhupinder Hooda and HPCC president

Selja

asked the party workers to support the call.

In a related development,

Rajya Sabha

MP Deepender Hooda has urged the Union government to fix time, place and date for a meeting with farmer leaders. Bhupinder Hooda had insisted on unconditional dialgoue from both the sides.