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Lure of power amid farm protests: Dushyant Chautala may lie low and wait

Under pressure of leaving the BJP, Dushyant is likely to wait until paddy procurement starts in Haryana and see if govt buying placates farmers

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The JJP has apologised for the baton charge by police during a farmer protest in Kurukshetra Photo: Twitter (@CaptAjayYadav)

Aditi Phadnis
From the point of view of Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda the best thing that could have happened was the set of three Ordinances — The Farmers Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Ordinance, 2020, The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement, and The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020. The Bills related to the first two were passed by the Rajya Sabha on Sunday, while the third is set to clear the House hurdle soon. Beset with a second state-level electoral defeat in a row, rapidly losing Jat support, his core voter constituency, to