Farmers Movement Archive

Another village plans to defy Haryana lockdown

HISAR: Residents of another village in Hisar district have announced their decision to defy the lockdown. Litani village is the sixth in the district to make such an announcement. Earlier, residents of Masoodpur, Data, Umra, Majad and Majra villages announced that they would not follow lockdown guidelines. Residents of Litani have also decided not to implement lockdown restrictions in the village and not to allow members of the ruling party to enter. According to village residents, when the chief minister visited Hisar, police lathi-charged farmers and registered a case against them. Now, they said, all shops in the village would remain open as before so that the administration take their struggle against farm bills seriously. Harpal Singh, former panch of Litani village in Hisar, said a meeting of the village committee was held on Friday in violation of lockdown norms. However, he said that he was not present in the meeting. On the decisions taken in the meeting, he said lockdown restrictions would be boycotted and leaders of the ruling party would not be allowed to enter the village. Also, residents announced that they would not tolerate the interference of the administration. All the shops of the village would remain open and all activities in the village would be conducted as before, he said.

The Times of India

2021-05-22

Chandigarh