As thousands of farmers press on with their agitation, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Khattar on Saturday announced that his government will introduce a law for recovery of losses due to damage to public property during demonstrations, reported ANI. The chief minister made the comments after a meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during which they discussed the farmer protests.
“We discussed the farmers’ protest among other issues,” Khattar said, according to the news agency. “We will be bringing a law for recovery of damages to public property from protestors.”
The Bharatiya Janata Party-led government in Haryana will try to bring the law in the upcoming session of the Legislative Assembly, Khattar said, according to NDTV.
Khattar reiterated that the Centre was clearly about its stand that the three agricultural laws will benefit farmers, and will certainly boost the economic prosperity of the agricultural sector, according to a press release by the…