United Nations:
In the wake of violence and clashes amongst farmers and police in India, a spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has mentioned it is crucial to respect peaceful protests, freedom of assembly and non-violence.
Tuesday’s tractor parade in New Delhi, which was to highlight the demands of the farmer unions to repeal 3 new agri laws, dissolved into anarchy on the streets of the city as tens of thousands of protesters broke by means of barriers, fought with police, overturned automobiles and hoisted a religious flag from the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort.
The Delhi Police has registered 22 FIRs so far in connection with the violence that broke out throughout the farmers” tractor parade, leaving more than 300 policemen injured. One particular person died in the incident.
Secretary-General Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric, in his response to a query on the violence in New Delhi throughout his every day press briefing on Tuesday, mentioned: “As we say in many of these cases, I think it”s important to respect peaceful protests, freedom of assembly and non-violence”.
The Samkyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 41 farmer unions, is top the protest against the 3 central farm laws at various border points of Delhi.
The Kisan Morcha has disassociated itself from these who indulged in violence throughout the tractor parade and alleged that some “antisocial elements” infiltrated their otherwise peaceful movement.
It has referred to as a meeting later on Wednesday to go over the violence that broke out throughout the farmers” tractor parade in the national capital.
Farmers, mainly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, have been camping at various Delhi border points, like Tikri, Singhu and Ghazipur, given that November 28, demanding a total repeal of 3 farm laws and a legal assure on minimum assistance value for their crops.