Farmers’ protests took a violent turn in Haryana on Friday BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ram Chander Jangra’s car was attacked in Hisar district, while senior party leaders were kept locked up for nearly seven hours by protesters at a temple in Rohtak district.
In the first incident, Jangra was going to lay the foundation stone of a Dharamshala in Narnaund town of Hisar. When the protesting farmers came to know about his presence, they gathered there and started shouting slogans against him. Police put up barricades to block the movement of protesters, but they managed to move forward and allegedly attacked the MP’s car and broke its windscreen.
Jangra, who was sitting in the car at that time, has accused the protesting farmers of attacking them, accusing them of damage.
The farmers have alleged that “BJP goons” attacked them, resulting in serious injuries to a protester. Local farmer leader Ravi Azad said that farmer Kuldeep Rana has suffered serious injuries and has been admitted to a hospital in Hisar. The farmers, sitting in the Narnaund police station, called the panchayat there on Saturday and demanded to withdraw the FIR lodged against the protesting farmers, besides registering an FIR against Jangra and his associates.
However, the police have claimed that Rana suffered injuries “after falling into the drain”.
Narnaund DSP Jugal Kishor Ram told Indian Express“There was no police lathi charge. He (Rana) was injured after falling into the drain of a street. We detained two farmers for breaking the windscreen of an MP’s car. Hansi SP Nitika Gehlot, quoting a doctor treating the farmer, said that there was no external injury on his body. Police also said that the farmer had fainted due to a head injury.
In the second incident, agitating farmers imprisoned several BJP leaders at a temple in Kiloi village in Rohtak. BJP leaders were in the village to watch the live telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kedarnath temple in Uttarakhand.
As soon as the farmers came to know about the BJP leaders’ visit, they started camping outside the temple, demanding an apology from them for visiting the temple despite their “social boycott” over the issue of three agricultural laws.
Senior administrative officials reached the spot and held a meeting with the farmers, who refused to bow down.
A source said: “While laying siege around the temple, farmers also parked their tractor-trolleys on the roads leading to the temple. The farmers wanted assurance from the BJP leaders that they would not enter the village until the farmers’ agitation was over.
The agitators claim that the BJP leaders were allowed to leave after seven hours – when they expressed their “apology”.
In a video that has surfaced on social media, Haryana BJP vice-president Manish Grover can purportedly be seen with folded hands, while informing a villager mob that “we have to apologize to the BJP leaders”. have taken)”.
However, Grover later said that he did not apologize and only said “Ram-Ram” to greet the people there. He also said that he would visit the temple again for religious purposes if needed.
Later, the Rohtak administration issued a statement saying, “The dispute arising out of misunderstanding has been resolved peacefully…
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