Karnal lathicharge: Congress protests across Haryana

Panipat/Mahendragarh/Rohtak/Karnal, September 2

The Congress leaders and workers on Thursday organised statewide demonstrations to protest the Karnal police lathicharge incident and amendment to Land Acquisition Act.

In Sonepat, MLAs Surender Panwar, Jagbeer Malik, Induraj Narwal, Jaiveer Valmiki, Mayor Nikhil Madaan along with other Congress leaders protested at the Mini-Secretariat and raised anti-government slogans. The protesters submitted a memorandum to the SDM in the name of the Governor, seeking CBI and judicial probe into the matter.

In Panipat too, party workers held a protest at the Mini-Secretariat. They staged a dharna under the flyover and submitted a memorandum to the DC to be handed over to the Governor.

In Mahendragarh, the protesters led by MLA Rao Daan Singh submitted a memorandum to the Governor through the district administration.

Addressing the protesters, the MLA termed the BJP-JJP government as anti-farmers, stating that it wanted to suppress the voice of farmers by committing atrocities on them but the Congress would not let it succeed in its design.

In Rohtak, a protest march was taken out by the leaders and workers. Meanwhile, a similar protest was held in Jhajjar, which was jointly led by Vidhan Sabha ex-speaker Raghuvir Singh Kadian and MLA Geeta Bhukkal.

In Karnal too, party state president Kumari Selja led the protest on Thursday. She handed over a memorandum to ADC Yogesh Kumar for the Governor. — TNS