Farmers remove barricades to reach Karnal secretariat, stage sit-in protest

After reaching Karnals minisecretariat farmers have staged a dharna sitin protest in front of the district administration building here on TuesdayOn their way to the secretariat some protesters also removed a barricade obstructing their pathA heavy traffic jam was witnessed in Karnal due to farmers march towards the secretariat which began after their meeting with the district officials ended inconclusively on Tuesday afternoonThe protesters were first stopped by the police at Namaste Chowk intersection It was only after a short discussion that the police allowed the demonstrators to move aheadHundreds and thousands of agitators riding on tractors carrying latths sticks have been reported to move towards Karnals minisecretariatWATCH Protesting farmers gherao Mini Secretariat in Karnal after concluding Kisan Mahapanchayat at Anaj Mandi Haryana pictwittercomqxMxm3v6LBmdash ANI ANI September 7 2021Also read Rakesh Tikat top farmersrsquo leaders detained by Haryana Police says Yogendra YadavPolitical activist Yogendra Yadav claimed that he and Bhartiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait were briefly detained by the policeHe however said that he is not happy with the way things are unfolding as he wanted the whole congregation and march to be conducted in a peaceful mannerThis is not the way we wanted things to happen We are ready to be arrested but we do not want any politics on this topic he told mediaThis morning an 11member farmers delegation from the kisan mahapanchyat presented a memorandum of their demands to the Karnal Deputy Commissioner at the mini secretariat this morningWATCH Protesting farmers hop over barricades amid police deployment on their way to Mini Secretariat in Karnal Haryana pictwittercomGo8kk1UVmxmdash ANI ANI September 7 2021In the memorandum the farmers reiterated their demand for strict action against the IAS officer who ordered a lathicharge against the protestors on August 28Post the meeting Yogendra Yadav had told media Our talks with the DC and SP were held in three rounds It was attended by 15 representatives All we demanded was strict action against the IAS officer who ordered lathicharge on August 28 We didnt seek any compensation However the authorities didnt agree to even thatThe delegation was led by political activist Yogendra Yadav farmer protest leader Rakesh Tikait Karnalbased Bhartiya Kisan Union BKU leader Gurnaam Singh Chaduni BKU president Balbir Singh Rajewal BKU Sidhupur state president member Jagjit Singh Dallewal Ajay Rana Dr Darshan pal along with other farmer leadersThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever