Tribune News Service
Hisar, May 28
Divisional Commissioner, Hisar, Chander Shekhar today said the farmers failed to adhere to their assurance of holding a demonstration in peaceful and non-violent manner during their protest in Sirsa on May 26.
The police have registered a case against 150 farmers for the May 26 incident when activists had observed 'black day' in Sirsa town. Shekhar claimed that the farmers had removed police barricades and burnt the effigy of the government about 200 m away from the residence of Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala.
The Commissioner said during the talks after the protest on May 24, the farm leaders had assured the administration that they would hold protest peacefully and in a non-violent way.
However, despite the assurance given by them, they illegally removed the barricades at Bhumanshah Chowk in Sirsa on May 26, he said in a statement here today.
The Commissioner maintained that the police and administration acted sensibly during the protest and kept the situation under control. However, he urged all farmer leaders involved in the talks to ensure that such incident does not occur again in future.
Sirsa Civil Lines SHO Jitender Singh confirmed that a case had been registered against about 150 farmers for the May 26 incident.
Shamsher Nambardar, a farmer leader, who attended the meeting with the Commissioner on May 24 in Hisar, said the farmers had the right to protest. He said the meeting was held to discuss only Hisar farmers' issue on May 24.
The farm leaders and administration had on May 24 reached an agreement to withdraw the criminal cases registered against farmers in Hisar on May 16 when a violent clash occurred between farmers and the police in Hisar. The farm leaders assured the administration that they would not indulge in violence.
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