On the name of construction of memorial for former Prime Minister Chaudhry Charan Singh opposition parties came on one platform in Meerut and asked farmers not to get swayed by the false promises of the BJP leaders and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he was their enemy number one.
leaders of different political hue like Janata Dal (U), Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Kisan Union and Rashtriya lok Dal shared dais to criticize the BJP-led NDA Government at the centre. “By denying permission to construction memorial for Chaudhry Charan Singh the BJP Government has given the biggest dhokha to the farmers. The time has come to take revenge.
The farmers will not sit silent until their demand to construct memorial of Chaudhry Charan Singh at 12, Tuglaq Road New Delhi is fulfilled,” RlD national president Chaudhry Ajit Singh said in a rally on Sunday. Former prime Minister H.D Deve Gowda, national president of Janata Dal (U) Sharad Yadav, former Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar, senior leader opf Samajwadi Party and PWD Minister in UP cabinet Shivpal Singh Uadav and BKU spokesman Rakesh Tikait attended the rally. The rally was organized by RlD. Besides Ajit Singh his son Jayan Chaudhry and state president of RlD Munna Singh Chauhan addressed the rally.
Sharad Yadav took the cudgel on behalf of all leaders and declare that he would lead the campaign to construct memorial of Chaudhry Charan Singh at Tglaq Road house.
“Chaudhry sahib was the first farmer PM. If country cannot build memorial for him it is a big shame,” he said. “If Government does not relent we will organize a series of such rallies across nation and unite the farmers against NDA Government,” he declared.