A senior farmer leader of the BJP in Haryana quit the party on Thursday in support of the farmers’ movement against the Centre’s new agriculture laws.

The resignation of former MLA Rampal Majra came a day after Abhay Chautala, the lone MLA of the INLD, resigned from the Assembly to protest the Centre’s refusal to repeal the farm laws. Abhay is the first MLA from Haryana to quit over the farm laws.

Majra, a three-time MLA, was a top INLD leader before he joined the BJP after the 2019 Haryana elections. “The BJP has failed to understand the farmers’ plight and safeguard their interests,” he said.