Farmers have been observed shouting slogans at the iconic Red Fort.New Delhi:
Thousands of farmers clashed with the police in the heart of Delhi on Republic Day as they took out a enormous tractor rally against the government’s new agricultural laws just after knocking down barricades at the city’s borders this morning. The disarray was brought on just after the protesters – permitted to hold the “Kisaan Parade” involving 12 and 5 PM – started the march considerably prior to time and deviated from the agreed routes. This led to a dramatic standoff with the protesters getting tear-gassed and lathi-charged. Some policemen have been also injured in the clashes. Here are 10 developments in this major story:As the nation celebrated its 72nd Republic Day, farmers had been provided permission to take out their tractor rally in Delhi just after the annual parade at Rajpath, a ceremonial road in the heart of the city. Crowds, nevertheless, swelled at the borders at about 8 AM even prior to the parade began and thousands entered the national capital on foot. In central Delhi’s ITO, a police bus was hijacked.More than 20 tractors entered the iconic Red Fort this afternoon, hours just after the farmers’ parade started. Protesters have been observed shouting slogans at the Red Fort as they drove tractors with national flags.Dramatic visuals showed farmers breaching barriers at the Singhu border close to Haryana, the epicentre of protests against the farm laws that started late November. More than 5,000 protesters had gathered at many points outdoors the Delhi border. Another clip from Akshardham showed policemen on an overbridge firing tear gas shells on the protesters standing on the road searching for a cover. Protesters have been also observed vandalising a bus even as the leaders repeatedly insisted the protests will be “peaceful”. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today closed the entry and exit gates at various metro stations as thousands of protesting farmers entered the national capital as they took out a tractor rally against the new farm laws.Delhi Police has been repeatedly attractive to the protesters to retain calm.Three routes have been cleared for the farmers to hold the parade – 63-km route close to Singhu Border, 62.5 km-lengthy route from Tikri border, a 68-km lengthy route from Ghazipur border that divides Uttar Pradesh and Delhi. However, they reached central Delhi’s ITO, 20 km from the planned route. Earlier, the centre had opposed the tractor rally on Republic Day in an affidavit in the Supreme Court, stressing it will be “an embarrassment to the nation”.Eleven rounds of talks have been held involving the farmers and the government but there been no breakthrough. The farmers have turned down the centre’s final provide to place the laws on hold for 18 months even though a particular committee conducts negotiations.
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