Farmers block road, Dy CM flies to Haryana Agriculture University

Tribune News Service
Hisar, April 1

Farmers today held a protest against Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala outside the local airport and demanded the withdrawal of the Centre’s new agricultural laws.

Dushyant arrived at the airport to attend a meeting concerning the development of the second phase of integrated aviation hub.

After farmers, who have been protesting in Hisar against the agricultural laws for the past few months, learned about his visit, they gathered outside the airport in large numbers.

BKU leader held

The Bhiwani police on Thursday arrested BKU leader Ravi Azad for allegedly sharing videos of his provocative speeches on Facebook. A police spokesperson said that on March 20, the Rajasthan Police had booked Azad in Sikar district. He was produced in a court, which sent him to judicial custody. TNS

Around 500 farmers, including women, carried black flags and raised slogans against him and the BJP-JJP government on the main road outside the airport.

The police were deployed to prevent any untoward incident. Traffic on the Hisar-Delhi national highway was also affected due to the protest.

From the airport, he flew to Haryana Agricultural University, which is 6 km apart, to evade protesters en route.

Farmers reached his residence in Urban Estate, expecting that he would visit home. The Deputy CM, however, went to the mini-secretariat, where he inaugurated development projects worth Rs 39 crore.