Chandigarh :31 Dec 20 Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar today admitted that farmers’ protests were responsible for the poor performance of the BJP-JJP combine in the local bodies poll. Addressing a press conference today, Khattar said despite “adverse circumstances”, the BJP won one municipal corporation mayoral post and one president’s post in a municipal council, while the Congress and Haryana Jan Chetna Party bagged a mayor’s post each.When questioned whether the farmers’ protest was behind the losses, he said he had hinted at it while mentioning the “adverse circumstances”.
