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Chandigarh, June 5
Farmers burnt copies of the Centre s three farm laws near residences of BJP leaders and at other places in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday, observing the day of the promulgation of the farm ordinances last year as Sampoorna Kranti Diwas .
Farmers carrying black flags raised slogans against the BJP-led central government for not scrapping the legislation which, they said, will destroy the farming community.
Security personnel were deployed and barricades put up near the protest sites to maintain law and order.
The call for observing Sampoorna Kranti Diwas was given by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of the protesting farmer unions, spearheading the agitation against the farm laws.
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Karnal/Panchkula/Fatehabad/Gurugram, June 4
Several farmer leaders were among those arrested in Fatehabad s Tohana on Saturday after a protest in the district.
Among those arrested were Rakesh Tikait, Gurnam Singh Charuni, and Yogendra Yadav.
In Panchkula, police lathicharged farmers lead by the Bhartiya Kisan Union after protesters blocked the Zirakpur-Kalka highway. The farmers were headed toward the residence of Haryana Assembly Speaker Gian Chand Gupta to burn copies of three agriculture laws.
In Karnal, district administration beefed up security around the district in anticipation of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar s visit to the city on Saturday.
Police were deployed in large numbers on National Highway-44 in the wake of farmers call for protest against Khattar s visit to the city. Protesting farmers meanwhile gathered assembled at Bastara toll plaza. The chief minister meanwhile headed for Chandigarh after the event.