Farmers block Haryana Deputy CM at Hisar airport
The Hindu
Dushyant takes detour to venue
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala faced the ire of agitating farmers during his visit to Hisar on Thursday when hordes of protesters, including women, blocked the exit to the city’s airport for around two hours, not allowing him to come out of the premises. Eventually, Mr. Chautala landed at Haryana Agriculture University campus in his chopper before going ahead with the day-long trip. The farmers continued to chase him to different venu-es all through the day before he flew back to Chandigarh. The protesters owing allegiance to different farmer unions and workers of trade unions gathered outside the city’s airport around noon. “The farmers parked tractors, trolleys and trucks on the road connecting the highway to the airport, completely blocking it. When the farmers did not budge, Mr. Chautala flew to the HAU campus. He then went ahead with his official programme at the mini-secretariat,” said Suresh Kumar, district president, Centre of Indian Trade Unions. Mr. Chautala’s chopper flew in the direction of Chandigarh to mislead the farmers, but took a detour to reach HAU, said Mr. Kumar. The farmers showed black flags as Mr. Chautala’s as his chopper flew over them.More Related News