Police Use Water Cannons on Protesting Farmers

India: Protesting farmers and police engaged in clashes once more in Haryana this morning as the demonstrators continued their march against Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala’s event in Jhajjar. Cops even fired water cannons to stop them. In unprecedented visuals, protesters – women and men – were seen marching with flags and finding their way ahead, unfazed by huge security presence.

Even as there were attempts to stop them, they were seen pushing against security personnel – cops and paramilitary troops – in a dramatic video. “At a time when farmers’ crops have been damaged due to rains, Dy CM is coming here, instead of meeting them,” a protester was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.