Amid farmers’ stir, Haryana CM vows to convey legislation to recuperate damages to public property from protesters

Even as Haryana continued to witness widespread agitation in opposition to Centre’s new agriculture legal guidelines, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday mentioned {that a} legislation to assert restoration of damages to public property from protesters shall be introduced in quickly.
Following his assembly with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Khattar informed reporters that he mentioned the farmers’ agitation together with different points. “We discussed the farmers’ protest among other issues. We will be bringing a law for recovery of damages to public property from protesters,” he was quoted as saying by information company ANI.
Farmers, principally from Punjab and Haryana, have been protesting on the doorstep of Delhi demanding the repeal of Centre’s contentious farm legal guidelines.

Earlier this month, the federal government, whereas replying to questions on January 26 violence, informed the Lok Sabha that the protesting farmers “aggressively resorted to rioting, damage to Government property and used criminal force to deter public servants from the discharge of their duty, thereby inflicting injuries to the on-duty police personnel”.
It additionally acknowledged that the peasant tried to “furiously force” their means into Delhi, “resorted to rioting” and didn’t comply with Covid-19 protocols, due to which the police had to make use of teargas and batons.
“As regards use of teargas and resorting to lathicharge against protesting farmers by Delhi Police, it has been reported by Delhi Police that at Delhi border, large convoys of protesting farmers in tractor trolleys tried to furiously force their way and go past police barricades to enter Delhi to mark their protest against the recently enacted ‘Farm Laws’,” MoS (Home) G Kishan Reddy had mentioned in a written reply.