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FARMERS ALLOWED TO PROTEST BUT PEACEFULLY: ANIL VIJ

Ahead of a Mahapanchayat in Karnal by farmers on Tuesday, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij requested them to hold a peaceful protest and said the state machinery was prepared and had made suitable arrangements, including deploying adequate security and creating route diversions. “Everyone is allowed to raise their voices and to hold peaceful protests in […]

Ahead of a Mahapanchayat in Karnal by farmers on Tuesday, Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij requested them to hold a peaceful protest and said the state machinery was prepared and had made suitable arrangements, including deploying adequate security and creating route diversions.

“Everyone is allowed to raise their voices and to hold peaceful protests in a democracy. Tomorrow farmers are planning a protest, they are welcome to do so but the protest should be peaceful and should not cause any hindrance to the public”, the minister said on Monday addressing reporters. “We have made all the necessary arrangements. As a precautionary measure, internet services have been suspended and some routes have been diverted,” Vij said.

He further said, “Sufficient force has been deployed. I have directed the Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Navdeep Singh Virk to be present on the spot and handle the situation peacefully. It is also the responsibility of farmer leaders to maintain the peace during the protest and all measures would be taken to contain any kind of untoward incidents and safety of citizens”.

Haryana Police has tightened security arrangements in view of the call for gherao of Karnal Mini Secretariat on Tuesday made by several farmer organisations, police said.

The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is heading the farmers’ agitation against three farm laws, has given a call for gherao of the secretariat demanding registration of an FIR against those officers who had allegedly ordered a lathi charge on agitators during their protest against a BJP event in Karnal on 28 August. 

INTERNET SERVICES TO REMAIN SUSPENDED FOR 24 HOURS IN KARNAL AHEAD OF FARMERS’ MAHAPANCHAYAT

KARNAL: Haryana government on Monday announced the suspension of internet services in Karnal district from 12:30 am, 7 September, ahead of a mahapanchayat and the call to “gherao” the mini-secretariat in protest against the police lathi-charge against them on 28 August.

The internet services will remain suspended till midnight on 7 September to maintain law and order in the district, where Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code is already in place, district officials said. Under Section 144 public assemblies are banned. Addressing reporters here Karnal District Magistrate (DC), Nishant Yadav said: “As a precautionary measure, we have written to the government to suspend the internet service in the district for 24 hours as to maintain law and order situation and Section 144 has been imposed till further orders”. Police have stepped up security in the district and have announced diversions in anticipation of the protest. —Correspondent

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