KARNAL : As the talks between farmers and Haryana government has failed for the second consecutive day, Samyukt Kisan Morcha has decided to hold an indefinite protest outside the mini-secretariat here on Thursday.

Farmers have been demanding an action against government officials and cops involved in the August 28 lathicharge in which several farmers sustained grave injuries.

Therefore, they have arranged tents, langar, medicines, fruits, tea and other snacks to stay ready for a long haul.

Farmers have also installed CCTV cameras around the protest site to monitor position of the people.

Along with thousands of farmers leaders of the Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM), including Rakesh Tikait, Gurnam Singh Charuni, Baldev Singh Sirsa and Yogendra Yadav, are also camping in Karnal to boost the morale of farmers.

Farmer unions seeking First Information Report against IAS officer Ayush Sinha, who was the Sub-Divisional Magistrate and was seen in a viral video ordering cops for lathicharge on farmers. Sinha ordered cops to “smash the heads” of protesters if they break down barricades.

Meanwhile, the Haryana government has also extended the temporary suspension of mobile internet and SMS service in Karnal district.

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New Delhi: A day after the Kisan Mahapanchayat, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked Bhartiya kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait and said that he has defamed farmers by politicising the three-farm issue for his self-interest.

BJP Kisan Morcha national chief and Lok Sabha member from Fatehpur Sikri, Rajkumar Chahar said that Tikait is fulfilling his political ambitions through this farmers’ protest.

He said that most of the participants in the Kisan Mahapanchayat in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar on Sunday were political workers of the Samajwadi Party (SP), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and other political parties.

“Most of participants of yesterday’s event were workers of the SP, RLD and other political parties and farmers stayed away from mahapanchayat. These so-called leaders did not speak about farmers’ real issues,” Chahar said.

He said that Tikait is using farmers to fulfill his political dreams with support of some political parties who have been misleading people over the new farm laws.

He said that this was a political rally but not a farmers mahapanchayat ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls.

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