Manesar farmers say they are not politically motivated

GURGAON: Members of the Kisan Sangharsh Samiti, Manesar on Tuesday said that they are not politically motivated and were not working to malign the image of former Congress government and leaders for monetary benefits.

Briefing the media in Gurgaon, the Samiti members said that some Congress leaders were alleging that the Manesar farmers were acting at the behest of the BJP to malign the Congress government’s image.

Om Prakash, former sarpanch Manesar, who is the main complainant in the case, said, “Congress leaders told the media that I do not have any land in my name. This is incorrect as I was one of the farmers who was forced to sell land to builders under the threat of land acquisition by government.”

“The Congress leaders are trying to misguide media. The matter is subjudice in Supreme

Congress leaders say that I do not have any land in my name. This is incorrect as I was one of the farmers who was forced to sell land to builders under the threat of land acquisition by govt OM PRAKASH, ex-sarpanch Manesar

Court of India. The apex court has reserved the judgment on April 12, 2017. We have been fighting for our 400-acre land for the past 12 years,” said Om Prakash. However, a close of aide of Bhupinder Singh Hooda, denied Congress leaders took name of Om Prakash and alleged foul play. “We told courts that we were forced to sell 400 acres of land at ₹100 crore while its actual cost stood somewhere around ₹1,600 crore,” said Dharam, member of Samiti.