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Haryana: Farmers block highway; demand release of protesters
Updated On: 21 July, 2021 07:02 PM IST | Sirsa | PTI
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of various farmers` unions, spearheading stir against the farm laws, has also demanded the withdrawal of cases including sedition charges against over 100 protesters
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BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait and farmers raise slogans ahead of a protest march towards Parliament against three farm laws. Pic PTI/Manvender Vashist
Farmers blocked a national highway at three different points to demand the release of five protesters who were arrested last week following an attack on Haryana Assembly Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa`s car.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of various farmers` unions, spearheading stir against the farm laws, has also demanded the withdrawal of cases including sedition charges against over 100 protesters booked in connection with the incident involving the attack on Gangwa`s car on July 11. Meanwhile, the indefinite fast of farmer leader Baldev Singh Sirsa as protest against the arrests and registration of cases entered the fourth day on Wednesday.
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