INLD’S GOHANA RALLY POSTPONED FOR OCT 7
CHANDIGARH: The annual rally held to mark the birth anniversary of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) founder Devi Lal, which was scheduled to be held at Gohana in Sonepat district on Tuesday was postponed due to waterlogging at the venue caused by torrential rain in the state.
The rally was supposed to be addressed by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati, and others including top INLD leaders.
INLD leader Abhay Chautala said the rally will now be held at the same venue on October 7.
However, party workers and leaders will celebrate Devi Lal’s birth anniversary by organising function at their respective places, he said.
INLD supremo Om Prakash Chautala, who is serving 10 years imprisonment along with his eldest son Ajay Chautala in JBT recruitment case, and who is currently on bail was also going to attend the Gohana rally. INLD and BSP are in alliance for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, although allocation of seats among them is yet to be decided.
likely in Jind district, while many farmers fear a complete crop loss due to waterlogged fields,” said Ramphal Kandela, a farmers’ leader from Jind.
Bhartiya Kisan Union’s (BKU) Haryana state president Ratan Mann said, “The farmers are hopeless and they need the government’s support at this hour of need. We seek extra compensate to the affected farmers as the compensation under the insurance scheme is not sufficient.”
Officials in the agriculture department said they would assess the damage to crops four days after the rain stops and farmers would be given compensation according to the crop insurance scheme but as of now, there was no decision by the government to provide additional compensation.
“We have not taken estimates of crop loss yet, It will be started four days after the rain stops,” said Jagraj Dandi, joint director, Haryana agriculture department.
Meanwhile, district-level officials said the farmers have already started submitting their applications for crop loss and over 100 applications have been received at Karnal office alone.