Republic Day Parade 2021 LIVE Updates: Donning special red 'paghdi' gifted by royal family of Jamnagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is present at Rajpath for the parade after paying tribute to martyred soldiers at India Gate's National War Memorial. President Ram Nath, the supreme commander of the armed forces, is at the venue too. Bangladesh Armed Forces, which fought and bled together with their Indian counterparts 50 years ago, marched at.
With the national capital on Tuesday witnessing two big events Republic Day celebrations and a farmers tractor parade the city has been brought under heavy security cover with deployment of thousands of security personnel in central Delhi and several border points. The Samkyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 41 unions leading protests against the Centre s farm laws, said their tractor parade will not enter central Delhi and it will start only after the official Republic Day parade on Rajpath concludes. The unions said around two lakh tractors are expected to participate in their parade, which will move into the city from three border points Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur (UP Gate).
New Delhi, January 26
As India celebrated its 72nd Republic Day on Tuesday, President Ram Nath Kovind unfurled the national flag and received the customary 21-gun salute at Rajpath.
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The Samkyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 41 unions leading protests against the Centre's farm laws, has said their tractor parade will not enter central Delhi and it will start only after the official Republic Day parade on Rajpath concludes. The unions said around two lakh tractors are expected to participate in their parade, which will move into the city from three border points Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur (UP Gate).