Injured cops get aid, farmers back at Hisar protest site
ROHTAK: A day after 20 policemen, including a DSP and five women cops, were injured while preventing farmers from marching towards the venue where Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar was scheduled to inaugurate a Covid hospital in Hisar, Haryana DGP Manoj Yadava announced Rs 5,000 each for the treatment of the police personnel.
“I appreciate the patience and bravery displayed by police personnel in confronting the unruly mob and saving the newly inaugurated Sanjeevni Covid at Hisar from damage. Each of the injured police personnel will be given Rs 5,000 for their diet and medical needs,” the DGP tweeted.
A committee of 11 farm leaders met Hisar district officials at the IG’s office on Sunday evening and assured the administration that the farmers will not break the law in future. A total of 85 farmers were released after the meeting and no FIR was registered against them, police said However, soon after their released, the farmers gathered at Ramayana toll plaza to protest against the Centre’s farm laws. .
Many ministers in the BJP-JJP government condemned the violence and backed the police action. Haryana agriculture minister JP Dalal said on Twitter, “Our brave police personnel received injuries while protecting the hospitals. Their efforts will not go in vain.”
Opposition leaders of the Congress and the INLD criticised the police action with former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda saying, “The government should accept the farmers’ demands instead of resorting to lathicharge.”
Farmers warned of miscreants joining stir
BKU leader Gurnam Singh Charuni said: “I appeal to farmers to continue the protest peacefully and be aware of miscreants who have been trying to defame the agitation. We have identified two people who used aggressive language in Hisar on Sunday to provoke farmers.”
Khattar meets Shah
CHANDIGARH: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday met Union home minister Amit Shah in Delhi and apprised him about the latest updates of the ongoing farmers’ agitation against Centre’s three farm laws.