Didn t remove tricolour, was only symbolic protest : Actor Deep Sidhu amid outrage over flag incident
Swaraj Abhyan leader Yogendra Yadav, who is among the leaders spearheading the agitation against the farm laws, said they had distanced Sidhu from our protest right from the beginning .
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Farmers post flags on a dome of Red Fort after their tractor parade on Republic Day, in New Delhi. (Photo | PTI) By PTI
CHANDIGARH: Amid a massive outrage over protesters hoisting a religious flag at the Red Fort during the tractor rally on Republic Day, actor Deep Sidhu, who was among those present during the incident, on Tuesday sought to defend their action, saying it was a symbolic protest and they did not remove the national flag.
Despite being shunned by farmer unions at various stages of the ongoing anti-farm law agitation, Deep Sidhu has been attempting to take a leadership role in the movement for the past several months.
Pushed to the periphery of the agitation, Deep Sidhu bounced back one day ahead of the planned tractor march of Tuesday. He was seen campaigning for the march on the Outer Ring Road. The position taken by the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee in favour of sticking to the original plan of holding the parade on the Outer Ring Road, along with another extreme Left-leaning body Bharti Kisan Union (Krantikari), which is part of the 32 farmer organisations, gave Deep Sidhu the opportunity to push for not following the new route agreed upon.
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Amid a massive outrage over protesters hoisting a religious flag at the Red Fort during the tractor rally on Republic Day, actor Deep Sidhu, who was present during the incident, sought to defend their action, saying they did not remove the national flag and had put up the Nishan Sahib as a symbolic protest.
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Actor Deep Sidhu posted a video on Facebook defending himself. (Photo: Facebook/@imdeepsidhu)
Farmers tractor rally: Violence in Delhi kills one as section of protesters storm Red Fort; 86 cops, over 1,000 agrarians injured The Samkyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 41 farmer unions leading the protests, disassociated itself from those who indulged in violence during the tractor parade and alleged that some anti-social elements infiltrated their otherwise peaceful movement FP Staff January 27, 2021 00:28:40 IST Protesters at Delhi borders on Tuesday morning. AP
Tens of thousands of protesting farmers marched, rode horses and drove long lines of tractors into Delhi on Tuesday as part of a Republic Day tractor march to reassert their demand for the repeal of the three contentious farm laws on Tuesday. However, some of the protesters broke through police barricades to storm the historic Red Fort on Republic Day a deeply symbolic act that