Protesting farmers ‘force’ Haryana minister to skip assembly

Farmers Monday staged protests exterior a authorities constructing in Ambala, forcing Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar to skip a scheduled assembly there. The farmers additionally staged protests towards Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala in Sirsa, and wrestler-turned-politician Babita Phogat in Dadri.
Kanwar Pal was alleged to chair a gathering of the Public Relations and Grievances Committee on the Panchayat Bhawan in Ambala. After getting the data, farmers began gathering there. Ambala BKU president Malkit Singh mentioned, “The farmers had reached there at 11am and kept protesting till 3 pm. They ended the demonstration only after the officials told us that the minister’s programme had been postponed”.
Police had barricaded all roads resulting in the assembly venue within the morning and deployed a lot of personnel. The farmers, nonetheless, managed to achieve the venue after eradicating all of the barricades. Sources mentioned, in addition they blocked the Ambala-Hisar nationwide freeway for a while, however ensured emergency autos like ambulances have been allowed to go throughout their protest.
Meanwhile, a detailed aide of Kanwar Pal mentioned the minister’s go to was postponed due to conflict of timings of two occasions on Monday. “A function to inaugurate the BJP office in Yamunanagar was also scheduled for Monday. So, Ambala visit was postponed and the minister attended the function at Yamunanagar,” claimed the minister’s aide.
In Sirsa, the farmers confirmed black flags to Chautala. According to farmer chief Lakhvinder Singh, the farmers staged a protest at gate number-1 of Chaudhary Devi Lal University in Sirsa the place the Deputy CM had arrived to attend an occasion. “Keeping in view the farmers’ protest, Chautala preferred to take a different route when he left the university,” mentioned Singh. In the college campus, Chautala unveiled an 18-feet statue of former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal constructed utilizing 300 tonnes of steel.

In Charkhi Dadri, the farmers staged a protest towards Babita Phogat and confirmed black flags when she reached the city to hitch an occasion on the event of International Yoga Day.