The farm unions, which have received favourable notice so far, are being questioned over the manner in which their rally spun out of control and resulted in chaos in Delhi on Republic Day.
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Other headlines: The Centre increased the occupancy in cinema halls from February 1, and the SC refused ‘Tandav’ makers and actors relief from arrest. Jan 27, 2021 · 09:39 pm Security force personnel in front of Red Fort on Wednesday, a day after a section of farmers stormed the monument during their tractor rally. | PTI A look at the headlines right now:
Over 25 criminal cases filed, 19 arrested for tractor rally violence, say police: As many as 37 farmer leaders, including Swaraj India President Yogendra Yadav and Bharatiya Kisan Union Spokesperson Rakesh Tikait have been booked for violence in Tuesday’s tractor rally. Meanwhile, two farmer bodies, the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) and Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan decided to withdraw from the protest, while farmers postponed their march to the Parliament on Budget Day.
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This frenzied so-called kisan cavalcade was followed by TV-channel journalists, who, in their eagerness to get close to the story, sometimes forgot to keep their masks on while rubbing shoulders with the law-breaking tractor-drivers in and around the ITO junction in Delhi and the Red Fort.
R-Day violence aftermath: 37 farmer leaders booked, 2 farm unions withdraw, police says no one will be spared
A day after R-day violence, Delhi Police registered 22 FIRs against 37 farmer leaders; Twitter suspended 550 accounts and two farm unions pulled out of the protest.
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Samyukta Kisam Morcha leaders during a press conference on R-Day violence | PTI
The violence that unfolded on the Red Fort and ITO during the Republic Day tractor rally has started to unravel the two-month-long and strong farmers’ protest. A day after the farmers’ tractor rally resulted in a slew of vandalism incidents, including the unfurling of a Sikh flag on the ramparts of Red Fort, Delhi Police registered 22 FIRs against 37 farmer leaders; Twitter suspended 550 accounts and two farm unions pulled out of the protest.
Capital anarchy: Farmers deviating from peaceful protest route severely discredits their movement January 26, 2021, 10:16 PM IST
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In what can perhaps be described as India’s Capitol insurrection moment protesting farmers upstaged the traditional Republic Day parade by deviating from the pre-designated routes of their tractor rally, violently breaking through police barricades, clashing with police personnel, and audaciously storming Red Fort – a symbol of the Indian Republic. They also vandalised buses and police vehicles as they entered Delhi in large numbers. That such chaos unfolded on Republic Day, when the capital is supposed to be a high security zone, is a monumental security lapse that’s comparable to the breach of the US Capitol early this year.