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Farm unions announce march to Parliament on Budget Day
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Security personnel keeping watch at the Ghazipur border on Monday ahead of the tractor parades by farmers on Republic Day.
| Photo Credit: R. V. Moorthy
Farm unions announce march to Parliament on Budget Day
Delhi Police closed the Signature Bridge over the Yamuna on Monday night after tractors tried to enter the capital from neighbouring Uttar Pradesh.
Farmers on hundreds of tractors from Baghpat were “threatening” to enter Delhi at the Loni border, said Iraj Raja, SP (Rural) Ghaziabad.
Farmers to march towards Parliament from different locations on Budget day on February 1
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Updated: Wednesday, January 27, 2021, 10:38 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 25: Farmer leader Darshan Pal, who heads the Krantikari Kisan Union, said that on February 1, farmers will march on foot towards Parliament in Delhi from different locations. We will march towards Parliament on foot from different locations on the budget day on February 1. As far as tomorrow s tractor rally is concerned, it will give the government an idea of our strength and they will know the agitation is not just limited to Haryana or Punjab but it is an agitation of whole of the country, he said.
Ahead of their proposed tractor parade on Republic Day, protesting farmer unions announced on Monday that they would march towards Parliament from different locations on February 1 when the annual Union Budget is scheduled to be presented.
Darshan Pal of the Krantikari Kisan Union said the protesting farmers remain firm in their stand of repealing the three new farm laws and their agitation will continue till their demands are met. We will march towards Parliament on foot from different locations on the budget day on February 1. As far as tomorrow s tractor rally is concerned, it will give the government an idea of our strength and they will know the agitation is not just limited to Haryana or Punjab but it is an agitation of the whole of the country, he said.
Darshan Pal, President of Krantikari Kisan Union addresses a press conference as Swaraj India President Yogendra Yadav (R) looks on. (PTI file photo)
NEW DELHI: Ahead of their proposed tractor parade on Republic Day, protesting farmer unions on Monday announced they will march towards Parliament from different locations on February 1 when the annual Union Budget is scheduled to be presented.
Darshan Pal of the Krantikari Kisan Union said the protesting farmers remain firm in their stand of repealing the three new farm laws and their agitation will continue till their demands are met. We will march towards Parliament on foot from different locations on the Budget day on February 1. As far as tomorrow s tractor rally is concerned, it will give the government an idea of our strength and they will know the agitation is not just limited to Haryana or Punjab but it is an agitation of entire country, he said.