Hisar, May 24
Hisar administration said on Monday they would drop criminal charges in connection with a clash between police and farmers last week a development that comes after talks with farmer leaders earlier in the day after a massive protest in the city by farmers.
An 11-member farmer delegation lead by Rakesh Tikait held talks with police and district administration officials at the mini-secretariat to resolve the deadlock over the clash with police in the district on May 16 that left several wounded on both sides last week.
The clash broke out just before Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was to visit the city to inaugurate a new Covid care centre.
Hisar administration agrees to withdraw criminal cases against farmers after hours of impasse
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Farm laws: Farmer unions ask PM Narendra Modi to resume talks
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Farmers protest against farm laws, at Ghazipur border.
NEW DELHI: The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), a joint platform of farmers’ groups spearheading the agitation against the three central farm laws, on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention for resumption of talks with farmers on their key demands including repeal of the three laws and legal guarantee to procurement at minimum support price (MSP).
In the backdrop of death of farmers due to Covid19 at their protest site at Singhu Border, the SKM underlined that though the protesting farmers do not wish to expose anyone to the health hazards during the pandemic, they will not give up on the struggle as it is a “matter of life and death for them, and for their future generations”.