Thousands of peasants marched to the district headquarters in Haryanas Karnal and gheraoed it afterwards Talks with the BJP-led state government failed on Tuesday.
Farmers’ unions took action against. required Officials on Lathi charges against protesters on August 28th in Karnal and said they would otherwise besiege the mini-secretariat of Karnal (district headquarters). A delegation of 11 farmer leaders was invited by the state administration for talks.
The gherao began in the evening, several hours after farmers from Haryana and the neighboring states had reached New Anaj Mandi for a mahapanchayat, on tractors and motorcycles.
After the UP, the farmers cause a stir in Haryana.
Prohibited orders imposed in advance.
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As they marched on foot from the Mahapanchayat meeting point to the mini-secretariat five kilometers away, the peasants came face to face with a water cannon near the complex. The protesting peasants jumped over some barricades, but no further serious altercations with police were reported along the way.
#SEE | Protesting farmers jump over barricades on the way to the mini-secretariat in Karnal, Haryana., During the police operation pic.twitter.com/Go8kk1UVmx
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Peasant protest in Haryana | What happened
1. Farmers gather in Karnal for the Mahapanchayat: Large numbers of protesting farmers gathered for a mahapanchayat in Karnal. High-ranking Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) leaders, including Rakesh Tikait, Balbir Singh Rajewal, Darshan Pal, Yogendra Yadav and Gurnam Singh Chaduni, came to Mahapanchayat on August 28 and called for action against the police burden against the farmers. The farmers’ unions had warned that they would take over the mini-secretariat if the administration does not comply with their demands and revolves around a now transferred IAS official, Ayush Sinha.
2. Talks with the government of Haryana fail: Thousands of farmers decided to gherao the district headquarters in Karnal after talks with the state administration about police charges on farmers on August 28 were inconclusive. IAS officer Ayush Sinha (now transferred) was caught on tape allegedly telling police officers to “break heads” whether the protesting farmers crossed the border on August 28th. An eleven-member delegation of farmer leaders was invited to talks with the district administration.
In the clash with police in Karnal on August 28, around 10 demonstrators were injured while attempting to march to the site of a BJP meeting. Its leaders also alleged that a farmer later died, a claim that was rejected by the administration.
Karnal: Farmers during their protest march against the three agrarian reform laws of the central government in Karnal, Tuesday, September 7, 2021. (PTI photo)
3. Congress calls for the resignation of Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar for “use of force” against farmers: Congress on Tuesday called for the resignation of Haryana’s chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on charges of using force against peasants protesting in Karnal and said if the Modi government can speak to the Taliban in Doha, why can it do the peasants do not invite to a dialogue. The chief spokesman for Congress, Randeep Surjewala, claimed that the Modi and Khattar governments are inciting the peasants and conspiring to play them off against the police.
The farmers sat in front of the gate of the mini-secretariat in Karnal until late at night. DC Nishant Kumar Yadav, IG Mamta Singh & SP Gangaram Punia & other senior officials are still holding talks with protesters so that some positive solutions can be found: Haryana Govt https://t.co/VuI0IGzQed
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“Congress demands that Prime Minister Manohar Lal Khattar resign if the BJP-JJP government in Haryana cannot speak to the farmers. He and Deputy Prime Minister Dushyant Chautala have no right to fill their positions, ”he told reporters.
#SEE Protesting farmers Gherao Mini-Secretariat in Karnal, after completing the Kisan Mahapanchayat at Anaj Mandi. #Haryana pic.twitter.com/qxMxm3v6LB
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4. Internet, SMS block in Karnal extended until 8 September at midnight: The suspension of mobile internet and SMS services in Karnal has been extended until September 8, given the excitement of the farmers. In an arrangement, the state government divided the mobile internet and SMS services have been discontinued to stop the spread of “misinformation and rumors across various social media platforms”.
‘Langar’ organized for farmers protesting in front of the mini-secretariat in Karnal, Haryana. They had gheraoed the gate of the secretariat tonight. pic.twitter.com/uYy6Qq59Ps
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5. State government doesn’t listen to farmers, says Tikait: Bhartiya Kisan Union chairman Rakesh Tikait said the state Government does not listen to the farmers. “The Khattar government should approve our demands or arrest us. We are ready to fill the prisons of Haryana, ”he tweeted.
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Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) chairman Yogendra Yadav said the government had rejected calls for immediate action against him. However, officials told farm managers that an investigation would take place.
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