Chandigarh, Nov. 24 -- Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) national president Abhay Singh Chautala on Sunday accused the Haryana government of adopting an "anti-farmer mindset" by raising the tractor registration renewal fee by 10-fold.

The INLD leader said the fee, which was earlier Rs.1,080, had been increased to Rs.10,485, putting an "unjustifiable burden" on farmers who were dependent on tractors for agricultural operations and transporting produce to mandis.

He recalled that former deputy prime minister Devi Lal had ensured tractors were treated as essential agricultural vehicles so that farmers did not have to face any tax or toll burden. "By increasing the fee by 10 times, the BJP government has dealt a blow to the very backbone of th...