Summary:
Panchkula June 20A group of farmers on Sunday held a protest hours before Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was to attend an event here with police taking some of the protesters into preventive custody before the CM's arrival. Some of the protesters said they were holding a peaceful protest but police used force to disperse them. They alleged a group of farmers including some elderly who were squatting on the road were picked up and bundled into a police bus. Protesting farmers have been opposing public functions of the BJP-JJP leaders in the state over the farm laws issues. Several farmers have been camping at Delhi's borders since November last year demanding that the Farmers' Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act 2020 Farmers' (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act 2020 and the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act 2020 be rolled back and a new law made to guarantee minimum support price for crops..