Rajasthan’s Rashtriya Loktantrik Party Quits BJP-Led NDA Over Farm Laws

‘I am not stuck with Fevicol to the NDA,’ said convenor Hanuman Beniwal.

Hanuman Beniwal

Jaipur: Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) convenor and Nagaur MP Hanuman Beniwal on Saturday announced a split from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) over the Centre’s new farm laws.

“I am not stuck with Fevicol to the NDA. Today, I separate myself from the NDA,” Beniwal said while addressing a farmers’ rally in Shahjahanpur in Alwar district. Fevicol is an adhesive brand.

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On Friday, Beniwal had announced a march to Delhi in support of farmers organisations holding a protest against the contentious laws.

Farmers from Rajasthan have been protesting in Shahjhanpur near the Rajasthan-Haryana border on the Jaipur-Delhi highway for 14 days.