Farmers conflict with police at Khattar occasion, dozens injured

SEVERAL HUNDRED farmers clashed with the police in Hisar the place Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated a 500-bed hospital for Covid-19 sufferers round midday on Sunday. Over 20 police personnel needed to be taken to hospital for therapy, and as many as 70 farmers obtained accidents.
The same conflict had occurred on January 10 this yr in Kaimla village in Karnal when farmers had stormed the helipad the place Khattar was to land. Then too, a number of on either side met with accidents.
On Sunday, because the Chief Minister landed round 10 am in Hisar, farmers who’ve been sitting for months in protest towards the three farm legal guidelines at a toll plaza in Mayyar, began marching in the direction of the open floor venue at OP Jindal
Modern School. They shouted anti-government slogans and had been offended with Khattar and another ministers for holding farmers liable for spreading Covid-19 an infection in villages.
Having reached near the inauguration venue, when the farmers broke a couple of barricades and began pelting stones, the police fired tear fuel shells and opened cane cost to disperse them.
The police additionally detained some 85 farmers. “In the clashes, 20 personnel including five policewomen and a DSP were injured,” mentioned a Hisar police spokesperson. DGP Manoj Yadava mentioned in a tweet the police displayed persistence and bravado in confronting the unruly mob and “saving the newly inaugurated Sanjeevni COVID Hospital at hisar from damage”.
Farmer chief Vikas Sisar mentioned over 70 farmers who had been a part of the protest obtained accidents.
Condemning the assault on farmers, Bharatiya Kisan Union President Gurnam Singh Chadhuni, referred to as upon farmers to dam all nationwide highways and gherao the workplace of the Inspector General of Police. “When Covid regulations are imposed, how can a huge crowd be allowed to assemble at the venue today. Videos in social media show a crowd of over 500 persons. Why couldn’t the inauguration be done online?”
He mentioned that Khattar and a few of his ministers had been blaming the farmers for spreading the an infection in villages. “We knew they would tarnish our image the way they did with the Tablighis. But the virus is spreading due to people working in Delhi, Gurgaon and Faridabad. When they come back to villages, then it spreads,” Chaduni mentioned.
However, after a gathering between farmer chief Rakesh Tikait and Hisar IGP Rakesh Kumar Arya, the highway blockade in Haryana was lifted by 7 pm. “They (the police) have agreed not to press any charges on protesters who were held and agreed to release them. Farmer unions have said they will repair the police vehicles damaged during the clash,” Tikait mentioned. Farmers detained by the police had been launched quickly after.