Addressing a rally organised here by the farmers’ cell of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) to mark the birth anniversary of Sir Chhotu Ram, Chautala asked the audience to make the dharna a success by ensuring the presence of at least five persons by each of them.

Condemning the delay in construction of the Satluj Yamuna Link Canal (SYL), Chautala said, “Farmers know who is the real protector of their rights. There is complete anarchy as the rich are becoming richer and the poor becoming poorer under the Congress.’’

Criticising the Congress for allowing SEZs and retail shops, he said it was helping big industries like Reliance in the name of SEZ. He said allowing retail by big industrialists would ruin small and medium traders.

Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chander Babu Naidu said that while fixing the MSP of farmers’ produce, 50 per cent profit after including production cost will be taken into consideration. He said farmers’ interests were not considered while allowing export of wheat, rice, pulses and other foodgrains.

Patting Om Prakash Chautala and former deputy prime minister Devi Lal for fighting for the cause of farmers, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Dr Farooq Abdullah said UNPA was the only front under which farmers’ interest were safe and asked the people of Haryana to vote for Chautala in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.