Not So Local After All: Meet the People Who Tried to Violently End the Farmers Protest
While mainstream media and far-right social media handles called the right-wing protesters at Singhu and Ghazipur locals , The Wire s investigation shows otherwise.
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New Delhi: On January 28, a mob of angry protesters carrying the Indian flag and shouting slogans like “
Desh ke gaddaron ko, goli maaro saalon ko (Shoot the traitors of the nation)”, “
Khalistaniyon ko bhagao (Chase away the Khalistanis)” and “
Delhi police lath bajao, hum tumhare saath hain (Beat them up Delhi police, we are with you)”, stormed the farmersâ sit-in at the Singhu border. The mob reportedly destroyed tents, hurled petrol bombs and ransacked a community kitchen run by farmers.
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BJP supporters posing as locals identified in mob protesting against farmers at Delhi border
Meanwhile, many media outlets failed to note that a protest against the farmers at the same location on Thursday had been organised by the Hindu Sena. A mob clashed with farm protestors at Delhi s Singhu border on Friday. | PTI
On Friday, clashes broke out at Delhi’s Singhu border as a large mob crossed over police barricades and threw stones at farmers who have been protesting against the government’s new agriculture laws for just over two months. Several ground reports from the area show goons vandalising farmers’ tents and demanding that the area be vacated.
Singhu border on Friday witnessed violence as people claiming to be locals clash with protesting farmers. Enhanced security at Singhu border during farmers protest against the new farm laws | Photo Credit: PTI
New Delhi: Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday blamed Bharatiya Janata Party/Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh of sending ‘goons’ to Singu borders where hundreds of farmers protesting against the contentious three farm laws. Earlier in the day, the situation at Delhi s Haryana border at Singhu deteriorated as violence broke out at the border protest site after huge number of people claiming to be locals reached the site to vacate the area, which led to a clash between them and protesting Kisans. In order to maintain law and order situation, Delhi Police resorted to baton charge and use tear gas shells.
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Indian farmers protesting against new agriculture laws reinforce their numbers and vow to continue
Indian riot police march towards the farmers’ protest camp at the Delhi-Ghazipur border. Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA
Indian riot police march towards the farmers’ protest camp at the Delhi-Ghazipur border. Photograph: Harish Tyagi/EPA
Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Aakash Hassan in Delhi
Fri 29 Jan 2021 12.44 EST
Last modified on Fri 29 Jan 2021 13.57 EST
The angry calls of defiance blasted from the loudspeakers. “We are not going away, no matter what,” shouted the speaker, to loud cheers from the crowd. “Reverse the black laws.”