Underlining that violence is not the solution to any problem, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appealed to the Centre to repeal the three farm laws
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Farmers have entered the Red Fort and their tractors are present outside. While few cops are sitting on chairs, others are trying to bring down certain flags which the protestors have hoisted.
Delhi: Flags installed by protestors continue to fly at Red Fort. #FarmLaws #RepublicDay pic.twitter.com/U0SZnTw4Wn— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2021
According to some media reports, a tractor overturned at Minto Road in New Delhi leading to the death of the driver on Tuesday during the farmers’ protest rally against Centre’s farm laws.
According to media reports, some police personnel were thrashed by the protesting farmers in the ITO area of the National Capital. The protesters had also vandalised a DTC bus earlier. Meanwhile, the protesters have reached outside the Red Fort.
A clash broke out between police and protesting farmers after the latter reached ITO in the National Capital and tried to move towards Delhi. The protesters were seen chasing police personnel with sticks. The police force also resorted to lathicharge and fired teargas shells to disperse the crowd.
At Delhi’s Mukarba Chowk, security personnel used tear gas on groups of farmers as they tried to break barricades and cemented barriers with tractors.
An official said that police personnel used tear gas on groups of farmers coming from the Singhu border point to disperse them after they tried to hold their march on Outer Ring Road.
The entry and exit gates of Indraprastha metro station and all stations on the Green Line have been the shut, said the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Tuesday.
Protesting farmers were baton-charged and tear gas shells were fired by policemen as chaos unfolded near borders of the National Capital.
According to officials, security personnel tried to convince the farmers that they have been given permission to hold their tractor parade in Delhi after the Republic Day parade at the Rajpath concludes.
Tear gas, lathi-charge by cops as protesting farmers break barricades at Delhi borders, begin #KisanTractorRally (Video from Akshardham, Delhi) pic.twitter.com/tq1c4WuHiN— NDTV (@ndtv) January 26, 2021
Protestors at Karnal bypass break police barricading to enter Delhi as farmers tractor rally is underway in the National Capital against Centre’s farm laws.
#WATCH Protestors at Karnal bypass break police barricading to enter Delhi as farmers tractor rally is underway in the national capital#FarmLaws pic.twitter.com/pzfJs6Ioef— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2021
Thousands of farmers knocked down police barricades and entered Delhi on foot Tuesday morning amid huge police presence ahead of a tractor rally. Tear gas shells were fired by policemen to stop the protesters in some parts of the city.