Farmers protests, Tractor rally: A scheduled peaceful tractor rally on Republic Day turned violent at quite a few areas in the capital as protesters adamant on deviating from the route agreed upon have been stopped by police from getting into central Delhi. The farmers have been permitted to take out the planned tractor parade in the peripheral area such as Delhi’s Outer Ring Road. The farmers unions and Delhi police had each decided the routes and it was agreed upon that they would restrict their rally about the outer area and would not enter central Delhi.
The protesting farmers had agreed to commence their rally immediately after the Republic Day parade was more than at Rajpath. However, these in-principle agreements have been violated totally when thousands of farmers broke the barricades at ITO to proceed to Red Fort. They vandalised buses and police autos, hurled stones for the duration of the clash with police close to ITO. Protesters succeeded in breaking the barricades as they outnumbered the police personnel. They entered the Red Fort premises and hoisted two separates from the ramparts of Lal Qila.
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Delhi Police have removed protesting farmers from Red Fort premises exactly where they had barged in immediately after clashes with forces close to ITO. About thousands of protesters such as ‘Nihangs’ (conventional Sikh warriors) had forced their way into the Red Fort and hoisted a flag from the employees from which the prime minister unfurls the tricolour on Independence Day.
Delhi Police Joint CP Shalini Singh mentioned that considering the fact that morning they had been attractive to farmers to go by pre-authorized route but some of them broke police barricades, attacked police personnel. She appealed to farmer unions to assistance keep peace. “This isn’t a peaceful protest on Republic Day,” Singh mentioned.
Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) thanked farmers for the unprecedented participation in today’s Republic Day tractor parade. The union condemned and regretted the “undesirable and unacceptable” events that took location. It dissociated itself from these indulging in clashes and vandalism.
The SKM mentioned that in spite of all efforts, some organisations and folks violated the route and indulged in condemnable acts. “Anti-social elements had infiltrated the otherwise peaceful movement. We have always held that peace is our biggest strength and any violation would hurt the movement,” the union mentioned.
As protestors clashed with police at quite a few areas in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi mentioned violence was not the resolution to any challenge. He, nonetheless, sought rollback of the 3 farm laws in ‘national interest’. “Violence is not the solution to any problem. If anyone gets hurt, the damage will be done to our country. Take back the anti-agricultural laws in national interest,” he mentioned
MHA has temporarily suspended net services in the locations of Singhu, Ghazipur, Tikri, Mukarba Chowk, Nangloi and their adjoining locations till 12 PM.
Bharatiya Kisan Union’s Rakesh Tikait mentioned that the farmers knew the folks who have been attempting to produce disturbance. “There are people from political parties who are trying to malign the agitation, they are identified,” Tikait mentioned.
Delhi Metro has closed the entry and exit gates of a lot of stations in components of the national capital. “Entry/exit gates of Indraprastha metro station are closed. Entry/exit gates of Samaypur Badli, Rohini Sector 18/19, Haiderpur Badli Mor, Jahangir Puri, Adarsh Nagar, Azadpur, Model Town, GTB Nagar, Vishwavidyalaya, Vidhan Sabha and Civil Lines are closed,” the DMRC mentioned in a tweet. Entry and exit gates of all stations on the grey line have also been shut.
Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel has condemned actions of the section of farmers who entered Red Fort. He mentioned the actions violated the symbol of dignity of India’s democracy.