Farmers Movement Archive

Tear gas used on farmers in Haryana

The police resorted to use of tear gas and water cannon on Tuesday to disperse the agitating farmers in Haryana’s Sirsa, as they marched to ‘gherao’ the residence of Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala, against the Centre’s agriculture sector laws. Several farmers outfits under the banner of the All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee held a protest rally in Sirsa after which a group of farmers had ‘marched’ towards Mr. Chautala’s residence even as various routes leading to it were sealed by the police. No clash with farmers “There was no clash with farmers. We had to use water cannons and tear gas, after the agitators broke the first of the two-layer barricades on roads leading to the Dy. CM’s house. They were about to break the second layer, following which we were compelled to use water and tear gas,” Bhupender Singh, SP, Sirsa, told The Hindu . “In the entire incident there were no injuries either to any police personnel or the protesters,” he said. Agitated farmers raised slogans against the Centre and the State governments, terming the laws “anti-farmer”, and demanded Mr. Chautala to withdraw from the coalition government by resigning from his post. “The police lobbed tear gas shells, used water cannon when the farmers tried to go past the barricades to lay siege to the residence of Mr. Chautala,” said Phool Singh Sheokand, president, Haryana Kisan Sabha. Inderjit Singh, a farmer leader associated with the AIKSCC, said the resistance of the farmers will continue. “Either Dushyant Chautala should not claim the legacy of his great-grandfather former Deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal or he should quit from his post,” Mr. Singh said. “We will observe October 14 as the MSP rights day and march to Delhi on November 26 and 27,” he said.

The Hindu

2020-10-07

CHANDIGARH