The Indian National Lok Dal and its alliance partner Bahujan Samaj Party will begin “Jan-Adhikaar Yatra” on December 1 from Kurukshetra to press for their demand of construction of Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal.
The first phase of “Jan-Adhikaar Yatra” will continue till December 5 and cover Kurukshetra, Ganuar and Rai (Sonipat), Pataudi and Sohna (Gurugram) and Rewari.
The decision in this regard was taken at the party workers’ meeting of INLD-BSP held under the Leader of opposition and INLD’s senior leader Abhay Chautala at Dabwali in Sirsa on Tuesday.
After the meeting, Ashok Arora, state party president said that INLD will begin statewide “Jan-Adhikaar Yatra” on December 1 on the issue of SYL canal.
The Yatra will begin on December 1 from Kurukshetra and cover Ganaur and Rai on December 2, Pataudi on December 3, Sohna and Rewari on December 5.
The second phase of the “Jan Adhikaar rally” would begin after the completion of municipal polls on December 16, Arora said.
He added that besides the issue of SYL canal, the INLD-BSP will also raise issues of employment, Swaminathan report, crop insurance scheme among others.
Notably, eyeing political revival in Haryana, the INLD has been aggressively raising the demand of construction of the SYL canal for more than a year now.
In the past, the party had held a series of protests including ‘Jail Bharo Andolan’ across Haryana, held protest by blocking the national highway near Ambala and four other highways in Haryana, another protest at Haryana-Punjab border to demand construction of SYL canal.
INLD had also observed ‘Haryana Bandh’ on September 8 on the issue of SYL canal.
During its meeting on Tuesday, the INLD-BSP also decided to hold district level programmes on the problems of unemployment and drug addiction, in a bid to connect with the youth of the state.
Such district level programmes will begin from December 2 in Sirsa. It will be held in Fatehabad on December 3, Panchkula on Dec 4, Rohtak on Dec 5, Jhajjar on Dec 6, Ambala on Dec 8, Kaithal on Dec 9, Gurugram on Dec 10, Rewari on Dec 11, Mahendragarh on Dec 12, Palwal on Dec 13.