Two protesting farmers charged with sedition in Haryana

136 others booked under various IPC sections, Home Minister tells Assembly

Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday informed the State Assembly that during the ongoing agitation against agriculture laws, two farmers had been booked for sedition, while 136 other protesting farmers have been booked under different sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC). This information was given by Mr. Vij in a written reply during the first day monsoon session of the State Assembly. According to the Minister, two FIRs were registered under Section 124-A (sedition). One case was registered on July 11, 2021 in Sirsa, and according to the complaint recorded by the duty magistrate, the agitating farmers attacked the convoy of Deputy Speaker of Haryana Vidhan Sabha. The second case, registered on January 15, 2021 in Bahadurgarh of Jhajjar, was based on a video uploaded on social media by the accused who is seen saying that if the government did not pay heed to the protesting farmers, he would attack the government with a cannon.