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Kisan Mahapanchayat: Farmers intensify protest in Haryana, set up tents before Karnal DC office - In pics

Farmers to continue their sit-in protest around the mini secretariat in Haryana`s Karnal district after talks between them and the district administration failed to make headway. Here are the pictures illustrating the evolving agitation.

Zee Media Bureau|

Updated:Sep 09, 2021, 07:08 PM IST

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Farmers from other states to join protest

According to the reports, farmers from Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and other places will join the protest soon. (Image credit: ANI)

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Swaraj India chief’s allegations

Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav said, "Haryana government is still not ready to accept the demands of the farmers. They denied lodging a complaint against the police official which proves that the order to do a lathi-charge on farmers on August 28 was ordered by the Haryana Chief Minister who is backing him". (Image credit: ANI)

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Inconclusive rounds of talks

The decision for the fourth round of talks with the district administration was taken in a meeting held among the representatives of the farmers' unions on Wednesday (September 8). It was the fourth meeting in the last 24 hours, since scores of farmers sat on a protest against the August 28 lathicharge. (Image credit: ANI)

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Farmers prepare to intensify protest

To intensify the protest, the farmers have set up tents outside the DC office. Some farmers said that the protest in front of the district administration office will be extended if their demands are not met. (Image credit: ANI)

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Our fight is with govt not police, says Tikait

"Despite various obstacles, we have `gheraoed` the mini secretariat and will continue our protest peacefully till the government accepts our demands. Our fight is with the government not with the police officials," said Rakesh Tikait. (Image credit: ANI)

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Haryana government’s move to stop rumors

The Haryana government on Tuesday (September 7) evening extended the temporary suspension of mobile internet and SMS service in Karnal district to curb the "spread of inflammatory material and rumours" during the protest. (Image credit: ANI)

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Important declaration by Kisan Mahapanchayat

A Kisan Mahapanchayat was held in Muzzafarnagar on Sunday against three farm laws by the Centre. It declared that they will campaign against the BJP in the upcoming assembly elections. (Image credit: PTI)

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Tikait accuses Khattar of confinement of farmer agitation

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait had accused Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar of conspiring to confine the farmers' agitation to one district (Karnal). (Image credit: ANI)

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SKM’ s call for ‘gherao’

Yesterday, Samyukta Kisan Morcha, which is leading the agitation against three new farm laws, had given a call for `gherao` of the secretariat demanding registration of an FIR against officials who had allegedly ordered a lathi charge on agitators during their protest against a BJP event in Karnal on August 28. (Image credit: ANI)