Hisar farmers leave for Delhi-Jaipur road

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Hisar farmers leave for Delhi-Jaipur road

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Hisar: The farmers’ protest on toll plazas continued for the third consecutive day on Sunday in response to the call of All India Kisan Mazdoor Coordination Sangharsh Samiti. Protesting farmers left for Delhi-Jaipur highway after banging utensils during the PM’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’ programme to register their dissent. The toll free movement will be continued in future also. Farmers left for Shajapur border located on Delhi-Jaipur highway from Chaudharywas toll. District president, Kisan Sabha Shamsher Singh Numberdar, state secretary Dayanand Poonia and press secretary Sube Singh Boora flagged off about 30 tractors and other vehicles. The batch is headed by Krishan Gavar and Ramanand Yadav. Boora said about 180 vehicles from Hisar district left for the Sanjhapura border on Sunday. Bharatiya Kisan Sangharsh Samiti district president Bablu Kharar, Manoj Rathi and farmer leader Joginder Mayar banged utensils at Mayar toll plaza. In a joint statement, they said that by banging utensils, they wanted to tell the Prime Minister, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar and deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala that farmers would be ruined if the three agricultural laws were implemented in the country .

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The Times of India

Date

2020-12-28

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Chandigarh