The farmers’ leaders and Haryana Government held another round of talks till late Friday evening as farmers' protest outside Karnal mini-secretariat continued for the fourth day. Sources said that the Government has accepted the demand of the farmers to give compensation and a job to the next of kin of a farmer who allegedly died due to lathi charge in Karnal on August 28 besides giving compensation for those injured in the incident. A final announcement in this regard will be made after another round of meeting between the farmers’ leaders and the State Government at 9 am on Saturday.
Haryana Additional Chief Secretary, Davinder Singh, Karnal Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav, and Superintendent of Police Ganga Ram Punia were present during the meeting on government’s behalf while Haryana Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Gurnam Singh Chaudni and other farmer leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha represented the farmers.
Sources said that during the meeting, the State government also offered to hold an impartial inquiry into the allegations against IAS officer Ayush Sinha, who was caught on tape allegedly instructing cops to “break heads” of protesting farmers on August 28 in Kanal. He was posted as SDM Karnal and was later transferred by the State Government after his video went viral.