Haryana Farmers March On Police Station In Showdown Over Spat With MLA
Farmers have been protesting the centre's farm laws since June last year and today Samyukt Kisan Morcha members observed Sampoorna Kranti Diwas, marking one year since their protests began Chandigarh: Haryana MLA Devendra Singh Babli of the JJP - which is allied with the ruling BJP - has apologised for abusive comments made during a spat with a group of farmers in the state's Tohana town on Tuesday, while they were protesting the centre's controversial farm laws. "I forgive those who were involved in the incident which happened on June 1 and offer my apologies for using words that don't behove a public representative. I regret this and offer my apologies," he said Saturday evening, after a meeting with protesting farmer leaders. Rakesh Tikait, who has emerged as the influential face of the farmers' protests and led hundreds of farmers on a protest march to the Tohana Police Station earlier in the day, accepted the apology. "It is go...