Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini said in the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday that a compensation policy is already in place for high-tension power lines passing through farmers' fields.
He made these remarks when Australian High Commissioner Philip Green paid a courtesy call on him at Krishi Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday.
Ahead of the Assembly polls in Maharashtra, Congress said on Wednesday that the soybean and cotton farmers have been left to fend for themselves under the Mahayuti government in the state.
"Foodgrain production witnessed a record increase due to good production of rice, jowar, and maize," an official statement said.
He said that the government has become "a U-turn expert".
"The SIT asked questions related to the incident and the same statement was recorded for both the FIRs. They were asked questions such as how did they realise they were in danger and what did they do after farmers were mowed down," Jasbir Singh Virk, president of Bhartiya Sikh Sangathan said.
Fighting for farmers’ rights since 1936, AIKS supports the Samyukta Kisan Morcha in its current battle against the three contentious farm laws.
The core committee also took strong notice of the manner in which the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi was interfering in the internal affairs of the Sikh community.
The pretensions of the BJD with regards to its reservations to the farm laws stands exposed, they noted.
"Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar is saying pick up a stick and don't care about jail. This is highly condemnable. It is proved from the statement of the Chief Minister that the government is engaged in destroying the mutual brotherhood in the country by instigating people and is promoting violence,"
