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Farmers protest: 86 police personnel injured in violence during tractor parade, says Delhi Police
Farmers reneged on their commitment made during talks between Sanyukt Kisan Morcha and Delhi Police that they would carry out a peaceful protest on the agreed routes, adding that over 300 police personnel were injured in violence across the city, said Delhi Police. In a statement, the police also claimed it did all due diligence in following the conditions for the rally, but the protesters began their march much ahead of the scheduled time and extensive damage to public property was caused during the violence by them.
Farmers Protest: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condemned the violence during the agitation.
New Delhi:
Violence is not the solution to any problem, top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said today as Delhi witnessed massive protests by farmers over the controversial new agricultural laws. The unprecedented Republic Day agitation saw farmers entering the Red Fort complex and hoisted flags from some domes of the iconic monument.
The police used tear gas and resorted to lathi-charge broke after farmers, ahead of their scheduled tractor rally, breached barricades at several borders of Delhi, deviated from their planned route and forced their way to central Delhi.
Farmers Protest in Delhi: Protesters were seen within the ramparts of Red fort.
New Delhi:
As protesting farmers breached barricades and changed their agreed route of a tractor rally to enter central Delhi on Republic Day, dozens of tractors rolled into the Red Fort.
Protesters were seen within the ramparts of the iconic Mughal-built monument, putting up yellow Sikh religious flags, waving sticks and shouting slogans.
The Red Fort complex was overrun with tractors and farmers holding flags within moments, with the police severely outnumbered. Some policemen were also manhandled by the protesters. Everybody come to Red Fort, shouted the farmers triumphantly against the backdrop of music blaring from tractors.
Clash breaks out between farmers and police at ITO; lathicharge tear gas used
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Last Updated: Jan 26, 2021, 03:40 PM IST
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The farmers who began their march from different border points, much before the time permitted to them for their tractor rally, reached ITO in Central Delhi despite the force denying them permission for it.
R-day tractor rally: Protesting farmers vandalise DTC bus, break police barricading at ITO
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UPDATED: January 26, 2021 13:22 IST
The police used tear gas at Ghaziabad border and resorted to lathicharge at Singhu to disperse the farmer (PTI)
Chaos prevailed in the national capital on Tuesday as
protesting farmers broke barricades and vandalised a DTC bus at the heart of Delhi in ITO even as police used tear gas shells to disperse them. The Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 41 unions, said those who broke the barricades and entered Delhi belonged to the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and BKU Ugrahan. The people who have entered Delhi are not part of the SKM. They belong to BKU Ugrahan and Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and take their decisions independently, the SKM said.