Farmers blocked many roads in Haryana, condemning police action

PROTESTING FARMERS blocked several roads, including national highways in Jind, Rohtak and Hisar districts of Haryana, for a few hours on Saturday night and Sunday to express their displeasure against the “lathicharge” on farmers in Rohtak, even The officials also said that the police lathicharge was not done. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar faced heavy opposition from farmers in Rohtak on Saturday, This led to clashes between the police and protesters and even the district officials were forced to shift the helipad from the private university campus to Rohtak policemen to the Chief Minister’s helicopter.

Some policemen and at least two farmers were injured in the clash. The skirmish forced the authorities to move the helipad for a CM’s helicopter from a private university campus to the Rohtak Police Lines. The protests against the CM intensified after Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala faced protests from big farmers in Hisar. Sources said that farmers had blocked about 15 roads including the national highway in Jind district after the Rohtak incident on Saturday late evening. Roads were also blocked in some other parts of the state including Hisar district. A farmer leader of Jind, Ramphal Kandela said that at around 3 pm on Saturday, two national highways – Jind-Kaithal-Chandigarh and Jind-Delhi – were blocked in Jind district.

Sumit Kumar, a farmer leader from Rohtak, said the farmers blocked the Rohtak-Panipat national highway at the Maqdoli toll plaza for three hours – 12 noon to 3 pm – on Sunday. According to Kumar, a link road in the district was also disrupted for about two hours on Sunday. Local farmer leader of Charkhi Dadri, Raju Mann, said the agitators blocked the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh National Highway for half an hour at the Kitnal toll plaza in Bhiwani district. “The farmers also burnt the effigy of the Chief Minister

. Our struggles will continue until the three agricultural laws are repealed, ”Mann said. in between, BKU Haryana unit president Gurnam Singh Chaduni urged farmers to close all roads at 3 pm on Sunday. He also addressed a panchayat of farmers at Maqdoli toll plaza in Rohtak district. Chaduni alleged that several farmers who were holding peaceful demonstrations were lathi-charged and sustained injuries, but despite this the police claimed that they did not use force on them. The peasant leader demanded action against those who hurt the farmers. “If the government did not order lathi-charge on the farmers, then who hurt the farmers?

” He asked. Chaduni further said, “The government should improve its ways. As long as the movement is going on, Leaders of BJP-JJP should not come in public. The government should take a decision in this regard. The government wants a confrontation to discredit the movement. “He said that if the leaders of the coalition are determined to come in public, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha will call in this regard on April 6.” Earlier, on Sunday morning, DSP Jind Pushpa Khatri said that after the Rohtak incident, a jam-like situation had arisen in Jind district following speculation. Urging farmers not to be swayed by speculation, the DSP said that the situation in Rohtak was peaceful. “No lathicharge was done by the police (in Rohtak). During the protests (in Rohtak) some people pelted stones at the police, causing injuries to some policemen and 2-3 farmers.

. DSP Jind Pushpa Khatri said that after the Rohtak incident, a jam-like situation had arisen in Jind district following speculation. Urging the farmers not to be swayed by speculation, the DSP said that the situation in Rohtak is peaceful. “No lathicharge was done by the police (in Rohtak). During the protests (in Rohtak) some people pelted stones at the police, causing injuries to some policemen and 2-3 farmers. . DSP Jind Pushpa Khatri said that after the Rohtak incident, a jam-like situation had arisen in Jind district following speculation. Urging farmers not to be swayed by speculation, the DSP said that the situation in Rohtak was peaceful. “No lathicharge was done by the police (in Rohtak). During the protests (in Rohtak) some people pelted stones at the police, causing injuries to some policemen and 2-3 farmers. .