The farmers gathered near the spot where the police had put up barricades and raised slogans Sirsa: Police used a water cannon on Wednesday to disperse a group of farmers, who allegedly tried to go past barricades when local MLA Gopal Kanda arrived to cast his vote for the municipal council chairman's post in this Haryana district. The farmers, protesting against the centre's new farm laws, gathered near the spot where the police had put up barricades and raised slogans against Mr Kanda, the president of the Haryana Lokhit Party. Mr Kanda had voted against a no-confidence motion brought against the Manohar Lal Khattar government in the state Assembly by the main opposition Congress last month.