NEW DELHI: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that he does not think farmers are behind the clashes during the Kisan Mahapanchayat program. He held the Congress and Communists responsible for this incident, saying such “andhergardi” is not acceptable. “If anybody is involved in this agitation, it is the Congress and Communists,” he claimed.
Khattar said some farmer leaders who had assured not to disrupt the event backtracked from their promise. “I want to state that there is a strong democracy in the country and everybody has the right to put forth his point,” he said.
He said those who were behind the act have defamed the farming community. “Our farmers do not involve in such things,” he said.