Expect Supreme Court order in 2-3 days: Haryana CM

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Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday said he had requested the Centre to hold a dialogue with farmer leaders. He said the Supreme Court had taken up the issue and it would issue directions within two or three days in this connection. Khattar was addressing a ‘Jal Adhikar Rally’ in Narnaul.

“In a democratic set-up, the government having a full majority has the rights to enact laws and policies. Those who want to resist these can adopt different ways. They can raise the issue before the House, go to the media and hold rallies and public meetings, but cannot block highways to exert pressure on the government. There is no space for such an undemocratic way in a democracy. The nation will go in the wrong direction if the government bows to such pressure,” he said.

Referring to the farmers’ protest, Khattar said an amicable solution was needed and everyone would have to make efforts to end it peacefully. He reiterated that he would quit politics if the MSP and mandi system were abolished. On the SYL canal issue, he said Punjab had to leave its arbitrary attitude and give Haryana its share of water as the Supreme Court had already given its verdict in favour of Haryana.

Union minister Rao Inderjit Singh said south Haryana fully stood with the state government on the SYL issue and three farm laws, but such public meetings and rallies were required to be organised in Kurukshetra and Karnal areas to make people aware of these issues. Since south Haryana had no objection to the issue, the Delhi-Jaipur highway had remained open for traffic, he pointed out.

Member of Parliament Dharambir Singh, state BJP president Om Prakash Dhankar, Agriculture Minister Jai Prakash Dalal, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Om Prakash Yadav, former minister Ram Bilas Sharma and MLAs Abhay Singh Yadav and Sitaram Yadav were also present.

BLACK CLOTH SHOWN TO KHATTAR

Two persons waved a black cloth at Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar during the rally. Police personnel immediately forced them out of the venue though Khattar asked them to force the duo to remain seated to listen to his address. “I have no issue as I was aware of such persons,” he said in his speech. Sources said the police took some local residents into preventive custody earlier as a precautionary measure.