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BKU president Chaduni, 70 others booked for disturbance in CM Khattar’s event

Police say the accused have been booked for “entering into the event venue with sticks, damaging the government property, conspiracy, assault on the government employees and instigating the people”.

CM manohar lal khattarHaryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar cancelled his kisan mahapanchayat programme in Karnal after farmers opposing the Centre’s three farm laws uprooted tents and damaged the stage at the venue. (Express Photo by Jasbir Malhi)
Written by: Sukhbir Siwach
2 min readChandigarhJan 12, 2021 09:16 AM IST First published on: Jan 12, 2021 at 09:16 AM IST

Haryana Police Monday booked BKU president Gurnam Singh Chaduni and 70 others for “creating disturbance in the kisan panchayat” of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at Kaimla village of Karnal district Sunday.

Police say the accused have been booked for “entering into the event venue with sticks, damaging the government property, conspiracy, assault on the government employees and instigating the people”.

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After the event was cancelled, Khattar had accused Chaduni for instigating the farmers “to create ruckus in the kisan panchayat”.

Later, Chaduni himself took the responsibility of Kaimla village’s incident. “Khattar sahab has said, I have got it done. Yes, we have got it done certainly because they (BJP) were holding a programme in Kaimla village parallel to our agitation. BJP says they will hold 700 rallies to break farmers’ agitation. We will oppose wherever BJP holds such rallies because this agitation is to save the country,” said Chaduni.

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