Day After Violence, Haryana Farmers Hold Mahapanchayat, To Block Roads

Haryana Police lathi charged the farmers after they attempted to stop a convoy carrying state BJP chief OP Dhankar from reaching the meeting

A day after Haryana Police lathi charged farmers protesting at the Gharaunda toll plaza in Karnal district, a farmers' mahapanchayat is being held in Nuh. How the situation escalated....This morning farmers had planned to assemble in a gurudwara sahib in Karnal before leaving for protest and this is how roads leading to that Gurudwara was blocked by the dist admin to thwart their assembly... pic.twitter.com/tgoWKotY3M Senior leaders of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha - the umbrella body under which many farmer groups have united to protest the farm laws - and Bhartiya Kisan Union, including Dr Darshan Pal, Rakesh Tikait and Balbir Singh Rajjewal, and Swaraj India chief Yogendra Yadav are at the meeting. Today's event had been scheduled before the yesterday's violence. Farmers' groups have also announced plans to block the Jalandhar-Delhi highway for two hours (noon to 2 pm) to protest that violence. The SKM will also hold a protest at Jalandhar's PAP Chowk and, during this time, roads leading to Amritsar and Ludhiana are expected to be closed.