Haryana farmers lock horns with govt over tubewell connections, threaten strike on June 26

Haryana’s agitator farmers, who have been on the warpath against three contentious farm laws for the past seven months, have now planned to take on the government a new issue — electricity connections for their tubewells.

The farmers have planned to gherao the state headquarters of the public sector power utilities in Panchkula on June 26 to press for their demands, with farmers’ body the Bharatiya Kisan Union also warning that if the issues related to tubewell connections are not resolved, then “the farmers will be forced to take stern action”.

The agitating farmers have urged the government to release the tubewell connections, which are pending since 2014, from the ongoing season itself.