Delhi Chalo march: Haryana Police says won't impose NSA against protesting farmers
The police said that hooliganism in the name of protest has led to the destruction of public and private property. The social media is repeatedly being misused by protesters to incite public sentiment and impact the social fabric.
The Haryana Police of Friday, February 23, said it will not impose the National Security Act (NSA) against protesting farmers. The reversal of the order came a few hours after it was imposed.
Sibash Kabiraj, IGP Ambala Range told ANI, "This is to clarify to all concerned that the matter of invoking provisions of the National Security Act on a few farm union leaders of district Ambala has been reconsidered and it has been decided that the same will not be invoked. Haryana Police appeals to the protestors and their leaders to maintain peace and co-operate with the authorities in maintaining law and order."
Earlier in the day, the police began action against key farmer leaders and protesters under the NSA. The police said that the NSA is being invoked because of repeated stone pelting, hooliganism, use of weapons and stubble burning to hurt officers.
The police had claimed that the violence at the protesting site resulted in the death of two officers, brain haemorrhage to another official and serious injuries to 30 personnel.
The police had said that hooliganism in the name of protest has led to the destruction of public and private property. The social media was repeatedly being misused by protesters to incite public sentiment and impact the social fabric. The police had added that many farmer leaders were found actively involved in acts to provoke protesters and damage public order.
On the other hand, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) has announced that it will observe a 'Black Day' today over the death of a protesting farmer on the Punjab-Haryana border. Subhkaran Singh, 21, died on February 21 amid clashes between Haryana Police and Punjab farmers, whose Delhi Chalo march has been stalled at the Khanauri border point in Punjab's Sangrur district.
The SKM, which had led the 2020-21 farmers' agitation against three central laws, is not part of the Delhi Chalo agitation, however, it has been supporting it.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-Political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) are spearheading the 'Delhi Chalo' march to press the government to accept their demands, including a legal guarantee of MSP for crops and a farm loan waiver.
Punjab farmers are also demanding the implementation of the Swaminathan Commission's recommendations, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike in electricity tariff, withdrawal of police cases, and "justice" for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence. Reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013, and compensation to the families of the farmers who died during a previous agitation in 2020-21, are also among their demands.
With inputs from PTI
(Edited by : Amrita)
First Published: Feb 23, 2024 10:48 AM IST
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