Farmers Movement Archive

Haryana farmers also see Ravana in new agricultural laws

AMBALA: In protest against the new three agriculture laws and registration of alleged murder case against farmers in Naraingarh, effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were burnt on Dussehra in parts of Ambala, Kurukshetra, and Yamunanagar districts on Sunday. BKU (Charuni) had given the call for such a protest calling the PM “kisano ka Ravan”. On the other hand, Anti-Terrorist Front of India’s national president Viresh Shandilya on Saturday evening complained to Ambala police alleging that the call made by farm body to burn the effigy of the PM at Lakhnaur Sahib village in Ambala could disturb the peace. The police lodged a daily diary entry (DDE) at Ambala Sadar police station on Saturday and on Sunday early morning, conducted raids to detain workers of BKU in the region. Farmer Harkesh Singh of Teja Mohri village of Ambala district said, “I was detained by the police from my house at about 4.30am on Sunday and they took me to the CIA staff office in Ambala Cantt and questioned about the protest spot. They released me after the protest in the evening.” On Sunday morning, BKU (Charuni) state president Gurnam Singh Charuni released a video, he said, “Police are raiding to arrest me and workers of the union. Burn the effigies of the PM Modi in each village and make videos viral on social media.” Ambala superintendent of police (SP) Rajesh Kalia confirmed, “Raids were conducted in parts of Ambala as preventive action as a complaint was received against the protesters.” In Sirsa too, farmers staged sit-in at Bhumanshah Chowk and burnt effigies of the Prime Minister and industrialists and politicians.

The Times of India

2020-10-26

Chandigarh