Chautala villagers give two days ultimatum to Dushyant, Ranjit to support farmers or face boycott

Deepender Deswal
Tribune News Service
Hisar, December 8

The residents of Chautala village in Sirsa district have asked Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and Power Minister Ranjit Singh Chautala, who are natives of the village, to resign from their posts within two days and served the ultimatum to announce their social boycott if they failed to do so within the given time.

The villagers gathered in the village today to discuss the issue of farmers and stated that the Centre has introduced the new laws to strip the farmers of their agriculture land.

They maintained that they will continue the agitation until the government repeals the newly introduced laws regarding agriculture sector.

A farmer leader, Dayaram Ulania, said they have urged the deputy chief minister and the power minister to announce their support to the farmers protest and to come with the farmers after resigning from their posts in two days.

“The villagers will resort to social boycott of the two leaders and will not let them enter the village after two days in case they ignore the sentiments of the farmers,” he said.

The local leaders, including Ravi Chautala, Prem Singh Sihag, Gurbaj Singh Barar, Subhash Chauhan, etc were present in the meeting.

In another development, the panchayat of Kharia village in Rania block of Sirsa district, including sarpanch and panches, resigned in support of the farmers. They submitted their resignation to the block development officer of Rania block.