Protesting farmers on Tuesday showed black flags to Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar in Ambala where he went for the canvassing of party's mayoral and ward candidates. As his convoy was passing from Aggarsain Chowk in Ambala, the farmers tried to block it. However, the police prevented them and ensured a safe passage for the Chief Minister.
The farmers, who were protesting against the Centre's farms laws, were carrying black flags.
Seeing a large number of farmers blocking the road ahead the CMs convoy had to slow down but, eventually, the convoy had to take a U-turn, sources said.
Khattar was in Ambala to address a public meeting in support of BJP's mayoral and ward candidates for the Municipal Corporation polls.
On December 1, a group of farmers had shown black flags to Union Minister Rattan Lal Kataria at a village in Ambala, an MP from Ambala.
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Even after several talks between the farmers and the government, they have not been able to break the deadlock. The centre says it is willing to amend the laws and even discuss them clause by clause but the farmers want them to be revoked.
The protesting farmers have expressed their apprehension that the new laws would kill the minimum support price system and do away with mandi which will leave them at the mercy of the corporates.