Chandigarh, Feb 14: In a controversial remark over farmers' death at various protest sites, Haryana Agriculture Minister J P Dalal on Saturday said they would have died even if they had stayed back home. Dalal made the remark in Bhiwani in response to a reporter's query over the 슬롯사이트death of 200 farmers슬롯사이트.

슬롯사이트Had they been at their homes, they would have died there also,슬롯사이트 Dalal said.

슬롯사이트Listen to me, out of one to two lakh, do not 200 people die in six months?슬롯사이트 he asked in response.슬롯 머신 사이트 추천Farmers' Protest: Farmer Leaders Reject Centre's Proposal to Constitute Committee on Farm Laws, Stay Implementation for 18 Months.

슬롯사이트Someone is dying of a heart attack and someone after falling ill,슬롯사이트 he added.

Several Punjab and Haryana farmers, participating in farmers' agitation against the Centre's three farm laws at various Delhi border points, have died of different reasons including cardiac arrest.

Hours after making the statement, the Haryana agriculture minister said he has seen 슬롯사이트twisted슬롯사이트 statements, attributed to him, on social media. He said 슬롯사이트wrong meaning슬롯사이트 was given to his statements.

슬롯사이트If anybody is hurt by it, I tender my apology,슬롯사이트 he said, adding he would continue to work for farmers' welfare. He said it is painful if anyone dies.

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala attacked Dalal over his remarks and said such a statement can only be made by an 슬롯사이트insensitive슬롯사이트 person.

슬롯사이트These words can only be used by an insensitive man for agitating 'annadatas',슬롯사이트 said Surjewala in a tweet.

Haryana Congress chief Kumari Selja too slammed Dalal for his statement. 슬롯사이트This reaction and laughter of the Haryana agriculture minister on the sacrifice of our farmer brothers are very sad,슬롯사이트 she said in a tweet.

Punjab Congress leader Raj Kumar Verka also demanded Dalal's ouster from the Haryana Cabinet over huis 슬롯사이트insensitive슬롯사이트 remarks.

Thousands of farmers have been protesting since late November at Delhi borders with Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, demanding a rollback of the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020, the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020.

The protesting farmers have been expressing fear that these laws would pave the way for the dismantling of the minimum support price (MSP) mechanism, leaving them at the "mercy" of big corporate houses.

The Centre, however, has been insisting that the new laws will bring better opportunities to farmers and introduce new technologies in agriculture.

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