Punjab, Haryana farmers protest Karnal lathicharge

Chandigarh, August 29

A day after the lathicharge on protesting farmers in Karnal, members of various farmers’ unions in Punjab blocked major highways in the state between 12 noon and 2 pm on Sunday. Commuters were stopped at various toll plazas.

The protests were held at 250 sites, the Samyukt Kisan Morcha claimed.

In Haryana, the farmers continued to demonstrate at toll plazas on NH-44, without impeding the traffic flow.

The Karnal police, meanwhile, have filed two FIRs for attacking a public servant and unlawful assembly. The Ambala police have registered three FIRs and the Kurukshetra police eight.

Haryana BKU president Gurnam Singh Charuni is among those booked. A BKU meeting is scheduled to be held on Monday to chalk out the future course of action. BKU leader Rakesh Tikait visited the injured in a Karnal hospital. He sought action against the SDM who ordered the lathicharge. —TNS