Hisar Member of Parliament Dushyant Chautala on Tuesday raised the issue of ban on tractors in NCR in Lok Sabha and came down heavily on Central Government for keeping silence on the issue which has adversely affected 14 lakh farmers in Haryana.
Earlier, the Central Government has listed the tractor as commercial vehicle after amending rules in Motor Vehicle Act and MP had also highlighted the issue in Lok Sabha.
Jannayak Janta Party leader Dushyant Chautala flagged the blanket ban as against the farmers and said the tractor is one of prime agriculture implant.
He said that already the farmers are suffering for several reasons including low MSP, rise in cultivation cost, meagre compensation and others and due to NGT's ban on tractors in NCR, the ban has broken the backbone of the farmers.
The MP further said that most of the farmers purchase tractors on loans and the ban has only aggravated the woes of farmers.
Haryana's 14 districts come in NCR and the ban on plying of over 10 years old tractors in this region has multiplied the problems of peasants, he added.
Dushyant demanded from Central government to take up the matter in NGT.
Notably, Dushyant was expelled from Indian National Lok Dal and had recently launched his political outfit, Jannayak Janta Party.