BHOPAL Police use water cannon baton charge as Congressmen protest farm laws

  • | Saturday | 23rd January, 2021

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Police on Saturday used water cannons to disperse Congress workers who were taking out a march from Jawahar Chowk to Raj Bhavan in Bhopal against the new farm laws. The police also resorted to baton charge and used tear gas on the protesters. Several Congress workers were detained. Madhya Pradesh Congress president and former chief minister Kamal Nath condemned the baton charge and said that their struggle in support of farmers will continue. "I strongly condemn the brutal lathi-charge use of tear gas and water cannon and arrest of thousands of farmers and Congressmen who are peacefully protesting in Bhopal Madhya Pradesh in support of farmers today" read Kamal Nath's tweet translated from Hindi.

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Police on Saturday used water cannons to disperse Congress workers who were taking out a march from Jawahar Chowk to Raj Bhavan in Bhopal against the new farm laws. The police also resorted to baton charge and used tear gas on the protesters. Several Congress workers were detained. Madhya Pradesh Congress president and former chief minister Kamal Nath condemned the baton charge and said that their struggle in support of farmers will continue. "I strongly condemn the brutal lathi-charge use of tear gas and water cannon and arrest of thousands of farmers and Congressmen who are peacefully protesting in Bhopal Madhya Pradesh in support of farmers today" read Kamal Naths tweet translated from Hindi. "In this lathi-charge many farmers Congressmen women and media colleagues have suffered injuries. Our struggle in support of the farmers will continue we are not going to be afraid of such oppression" he said in another tweet.

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