Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asked the Haryana government not to hold any pro-farm laws event or undertake outreach programmes until ...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah has asked the Haryana government not to hold any pro-farm laws event or undertake outreach programmes until further notice, NDTV reported on Wednesday.
His advice came three days after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had to cancel an event in a village in Karnal district as a group of farmers opposing the Centre’s agriculture laws ransacked the venue.
“After what happened in Karnal the home minister has advised the government not to hold any pro-farm laws outreach programme,” Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar said, according to NDTV. “We don’t want confrontation with farmers.”
Gujjar added that the entire state saw how the farmers behaved by disrupting the last event. On Tuesday, Shah had met Khattar and Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala to discuss the state’s law and order situation, The Tribune reported. He asked them to strengthen security measures.
Khattar had said after the meeting that the smooth conduct of Republic Day events was the government’s top priority. The farmers are planning to organise a huge tractor rally in Delhi on January 26.
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On January 10, Khattar was scheduled to address the farmers at a “kisan mahapanchayat” event in Kaimla village. The...
