Farmers Movement Archive

Farmers start indefinite dharna in Sirsa

Sirsa: Representatives of 17 farmers’ organisations started round-the-clock indefinite sit-in on Thursday near the Shaheed Bhagat Singh Stadium on Barnala road in Sirsa demanding the resignation of Haryana deputy chief minister Dushyant Chautala and power minister Ranjit Singh. The dharna site is quite close to the deputy chief minister’s private residence. Haryana Kisan Manch’s state president Prahlad Singh Bharukhera said their main demand was that the deputy CM and the power minister should resign from their posts and stop supporting BJP. Kisan Sangharsh Samiti state president Mandeep, Bhartiya Kisan Union general secretary Dilbag Singh, Bharatiya Kisan Sangharsh Samiti president Vikas Sisar, Bhartiya Kisan Union president Jogendra Singh Nain, Kisan Manch’s SP Singh participated in the protest. On Tuesday, 17 different farmer organizations had tried to gherao the houses of deputy CM and power minister. The protesters had broken the police barricade and had faced teargas shells and water cannons. After this, the farmers staged a sit-in on the highway and continued throughout the night. On Wednesday morning, Sirsa police took 93 farmers into custody. All were released in the evening after a common consent was reached between the farmers and the administration over the dharna site.

The Times of India

2020-10-09

Chandigarh