BJP ally Rashtriya Loktantrik Party quits NDA over farm laws

Registering its protest against the contentions new farm laws, BJP’s ally in Rajasthan, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party led by Hanuman Beniwal on Saturday said that it is quitting the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

In November, RLP’s leader, Hanuman Beniwal had threatened to exit the NDA if the three farm laws were not withdrawn.

Earlier in December, Beniwal had also joined the protesting farmers at the Delhi border where he had again threatened to quit the NDA and termed the new farm laws as "anti-farmer".