Haryana: Khaps Move to Resist Possible ‘Forcible Removal’ of Farmers from Protest Sites 

The leaders of as many as 19 khap panchayats in Haryana’s Jind district on Tuesday have preemptively resolved to oppose a possible move by the state government to forcibly remove farmers who are protesting against the Centre’s three agricultural laws.

This development comes even as the state’s home minister Anil Vij denying reports that the government was planning a “mission clean up” to remove farmers from dharna sites.

According to the Indian Express, the khaps had called a panchayat at Khatkar toll plaza on the Delhi-Jind-Patiala national highway on Tuesday, during which they reasserted their position that the protest will continue until the laws are repealed….

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