25 farmers held during Khattar’s Rewari visit
ROHTAK: As many as 25 farmers were detained when they were proceeding towards Indira Gandhi University in Rewari’s Meerpur to protest against the farm reforms, during Haryana chief minister (CM) Manohar Lal Khattar’s visit on Sunday. The farmers were later released.
Khattar was at the varsity for a teachers’ day event. The CM also laid the foundation stone of developmental projects worth Rs 47.27 crore at the varsity and announced that the state will celebrate ‘Shiksha Parv’ till September 17.
CM felicitates wrestler Bajrang Punia
The CM later visited Jhajjar’s Khuddan village to attend a felicitation ceremony being organised to honour wrestler Bajrang Punia, who had secured a bronze medal in the recently concluded Tokyo Olympics.
Punia, whose family had stayed in the village before shifting to Sonepat for training, received a rousing welcome as locals danced to the tunes of dhols and showered flowers on his cavalcade. The wrestler said he is aiming for gold in the next Olympics and has already started preparations for that. “My family has undergone many struggles for my coaching. My parents had shifted to Sonepat so that I could practice there. The hard work has paid off,” he added.
CM Khattar announced Rs 2.5 crore cash award for Bajrang, besides a job and a plot on 50% concessional rates. “I have accepted all demands given by the villagers. I announce the construction of an indoor stadium with modern and worldclass facilities at Khuddan village,” the CM added.