The agitating farmers allegedly attacked and damaged the official vehicle of Haryana Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa in Sirsa on July 11. Haryana police have invoked sedition charges against a group of protesting farmers who allegedly attacked and damaged the official vehicle of Haryana Deputy Speaker Ranbir Gangwa in Sirsa on July 11, during a demonstration against the Centre’s farm laws and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders. “By invoking sedition charges, the government is provoking the farmers. In an official statement, the SKM said the sedition and other charges have been invoked on the instructions of the State BJP government, which was condemnable. The government is using terrorising tactics against farmers, merely because the farmers had shown black flags to BJP leaders at Sirsa, it said.

Source: The Hindu July 14, 2021 05:57 UTC