Farmers’ protest resumed on Wednesday and was halted for two days after the march turned violent and one protester died of head injury.
Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday said there will be a thorough investigation into the death of the 24-year-old farmer Shubh Karan Singh by the Haryana Police during a clash at the Khanauri border.
Farmers Protest Death, Pause In Delhi Chalo
- Several protesters and cops were injured as the protest turned violent at the Shambhu and Khanauri border on Wednesday.
- The farmers who started their Chalo Delhi march on February 13 have been camping at Punjab borders after being thwarted by the Haryana Police.
- The Haryana Police dropped tear gas shells as the farmers on Wednesday announced that they would break the barricades put up by the Haryana Police
- The violence became a Punjab versus Haryana issue once again as Bhagwant Mann questioned why the Haryana government was attacking farmers in the territory of Punjab.
- Protesters leader Sarwan Singh Pandher said that they will decide the next course of action on Friday evening and till then the march will be halted.
Haryana Police Dropped Tear Gas.
The Haryana Police dropped tear gas shells as the protesters on Wednesday announced that they would break the barricades put up by the Haryana Police to stop them from entering the state.
Haryana Police, however, neither confirmed the death nor any firing by the cops at the protesters. They said they used tear gas to disperse the protesters.
In the last meeting, the Central team proposed buying five crops — moong dal, urad dal, tur dal, maize, and cotton — from farmers at MSP for five years through central agencies. The farmers rejected the proposal.
