Violent clashes erupted between farmers and Haryana police in Hisar on Sunday, as the farmers tried to march towards a Covid care centre which CM Manohar Lal Khattar was slated to inaugurate. Police used teargas and lathi charge to prevent the farmers from reaching the venue and disrupting the event. The farmers then pelted police with stones, who retaliated likewise and fired teargas shells into the crowd.
Around 50 farmers and 20 cops, including DSP Abhimanyu Lohan and five women cops, were injured in the clashes that continued for nearly two hours. Police also detained 65 farmers. Around 3,000 farmers had gathered in the town to protest against the visit of Khattar to inaugurate a 500-bed temporary Covid care centre set up on the campus of Om Prakash Jindal Modern School in Hisar on Sunday.
The BJP-JJP government have been facing protests across districts. The Hisar administration kept details of the CM visit secret, but locals got wind of it and panchayats of 72 villages at Landhri toll plaza, 42 villages at Chaudharywas toll plaza, and villagers at Badopatti toll plaza on Saturday decided not to allow the chief minister to enter Hisar on Sunday.
