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Chautala is running out of time on withdrawing support from Khattar govt

JJP leader Dushyant Chautala is under pressure to withdraw support from Khattar govt amid farmer protests

Farmers' leaders hold placards as they coming out after having a meeting with Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, and Union Minister of Industry and Commerce Piyush Goyal at Vigyan Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday.
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JJP leaders, most of whom are farmers, feel this delay will cost them their political future.

Nitin Kumar
The Haryana government is sensing the tremors from the ongoing farmers’ agitation. Though the differences in the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) and Jannayak Janta Party (BJP-JJP) alliance have not spilt out into the public yet, concerns are rising in the JJP, with several leaders saying if the party doesn’t act soon, it may alienate farmers.

Over the past few days, several senior JJP leaders have spoken out in favour of farmers. According to them, more than half its 10 MLAs are against the party’s decision of supporting BJP on the farm laws. “Police atrocities on farmers were barbaric. Is

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