At least two persons were injured on Saturday after farmers protesting against the new agriculture laws clashed with the police in Rohtak ,...
At least two persons were injured on Saturday after farmers protesting against the new agriculture laws clashed with the police in Rohtak, during Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Khattar’s visit to the district, The Hindu reported.
The farmers alleged that the protestor was injured because the police baton-charged them, but the Haryana Police denied this. They claimed that an elderly farmer was wounded amid stone pelting by the protestors.
For the past four months, thousands of farmers have been camped at the doorstep of Delhi to protest the new laws. They say the legislations will leave them at the mercy of big corporations, but the government says the laws will modernise and energise the farming sector.
Multiple rounds of talks between the government and farmers have failed to end the stalemate. The crisis has also left farmers disillusioned, many of whom accuse the Bharatiya Janata Party leaders of furthering corporate agenda at their expense.
On Saturday, clashes erupted when a group of protestors tried to stop Khattar from entering a private university, where he was scheduled to attend a condolence meet in memory of Rohtak MP Arvind Sharma’s father.
Samyukat Kisan Morcha, the umbrella group that is spearheading the movement, said that farmers had peacefully gathered outside Baba Mastnath University campus ahead...
