In Pics | Punjab cops wield lathi at protesting farmers in Sangrur

Punjab Police resorted to lathi-charge on the protesting farmers and farm labourers who gathered outside Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's house in Sangrur to voice out their demands.

Punjab Police attacked farmers and farm labourers protesting outside Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's house in Sangrur. Credit: PTI Photo

Mann is currently campaigning in Gujarat for the Assembly polls. Credit: PTI Photo

Tens of thousands of farmers assembled outside the house of the CM demanding an increase in the minimum daily wage to Rs 700 under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, implementing five-marla plot schemes for Dalits and allotment of the third part of common panchayat land on lease to the community. Credit: PTI Photo

The police tried to stop the protestors and resorted to the use of force which left some of them injured. The protestors included members of eight labour organisations Credit: AFP Photo

They were protesting under the flag of Sanjha Mazdoor Morcha, a joint front of eight labour unions. Credit: PTI Photo

In the evening, as the protestors marched towards the Chief Minister's residence, the police charged at them with canes to disperse them. Credit: PTI Photo

The incident created a political uproar with Oppositions attacking the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab. Credit: AFP Photo

Farmers shouted slogans as they burnt effigies during their protest against the Central and state government demanding loan waivers, pensions, crop insurance, and legal guarantee for Minimum Support Price (MSP), in Amritsar. Credit: AFP Photo