Tribune News Service
Panchkula, January 3
Hundreds of farmers, who were marching towards Red Bishop, a hotel in Sector 1, from the Chandimandir toll plaza to express their anguish against Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar and show him black flags in their protest against farm bills, were stopped by the police in close proximity to the toll barrier this afternoon.
The farmers raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Minister while waving black flags at the spot. There was no report of any confrontation or use of force by the police.
The police kept one side of the Zirakpur-Shimla highway, which approaches Panchkula, blocked by parking buses till around 5 pm.
A group of farmers, mostly from towns of Kalka and Pinjore, has been camping at the toll plaza since December 25 to ensure toll-free movement of vehicles till the Modi government takes back contentious farm bills.
Khattar has been facing ire of farmers across the state for his government's actions to stop them from marching towards Delhi and subsequent controversial statements disregarding the farmers' protests.
On December 24, when Khattar was in the city to campaign for the BJP-JJP candidates during the Panchkula MC elections, a large number of farmers were detained by the police to restrict them from protesting against him.
Khattar fetes new P'kula Mayor, councillors
After winning the mayoral post and winning a majority of the seats in alliance with the JJP in the recently held Panchkula MC elections, the BJP on Sunday organised a 'Nargrik Abhinandan, Dhanyawad Samaroh'at a hotel in Sector 1.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, Haryana BJP president Om Prakash Dhankar, Haryana Assembly Speaker and local MLA Gian Chand Gupta were among those who attended the event.
Newly elected Mayor Kulbhushan Goyal and ward members from the BJP-JJP were felicitated by the CM on the occasion.
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