Farmers Set Up Camp in Karnal as Their Protest Enters 3rd Day

New Delhi, 09 Sep 2021 [Fik/News Sources]:  The farmers protest at Karnal demanding action against SDM Ayush Sinha over the lathicharge incident is fast turning into an agitation which is currently going on at Delhi borders in protest against three farm laws. Now farmers have decided to keep protesting in Karnal just like they are doing in Delhi.

Farmers have set up their camp outside the mini secretariat of Karnal even as their agitation entered into the third day, reports IANS.

The demand for action on the IAS officer has now become a prestige battle for the farmers.

The farmer leaders, after holding talks with the administration on Wednesday, announced that the farmers’ sit-in protest would continue until their demands are met.

The way the farmers have made preparations to put up a firm front outside the Sector 12 mini secretariat of Karnal, it has become clear that the farmers are adamant on their demands and are ready for a long haul.

For the past two days, farmers have been spending nights in the open on the road near the protest site. Elderly farmers were seen playing cards and smoking hookah.

Farmers from the various unions stage a protest against Haryana Police and Government over the police baton charge on farmers at Karnal in Amritsar. — IANS

The farm leaders have said that the gherao of the mini-secretariat will continue till their demands are met.

Mobile internet and SMS services suspended

Meanwhile, Haryana govt has suspended mobile internet and SMS services  “to stop the spread of misinformation” through social media platforms and will remain in effect till 11.59pm on Thursday.

The order was being issued “to prevent any disturbance of peace and public order” in Karnal, read the statement signed by additional chief secretary Rajeev Arora.

Talks between the farmers and the district administration remained inconclusive on Wednesday as the farmers continued their blockade of the mini secretariat in Karnal.

Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said the sit-in outside the key government building would continue and the agitation would gradually mirror the one being held for months along the borders of Delhi against the three central farm laws.

Tikait said farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and other places would join the stir in Karnal if their demand was not met, reports Hindustan Times. 

Farmers were seen pitching tents, arranging langar, hookahs, medicines, fruits, tea and snacks at the protest site on Tuesday.

(With inputs from IANS)