Lives affected by farmers’ protest; NHRC seeks report from Centre, Delhi, Haryana, UP, Rajasthan

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New Delhi: The National Human Rights Commission on Tuesday has asked the union government and various states of the country to submit that what action has been taken against the business, livelihood, and daily life being adversely affected by the ongoing farmers’ protests against the three central agriculture laws.

The Commission has issued notices to chief secretaries and police chiefs of state governments of Haryana Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, asking them to furnish the report into the matter.

The Commission said that this move came after inundated complaints received from people that they are being harassed by farmers protest who have been picketing and staging indefinite sit-ins at a number of places in these states, including the outskirts of Delhi.