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The development comes a day after violence broke out in the national capital on Republic Day during the tractor parade.
Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) president Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh said he was deeply pained by whatever happened during the tractor parade in the national capital.
In a major blow to the farmers protests, two farmer unions on Wednesday withdrew from the ongoing agitation on Delhi s borders against the three farm laws, a day after violence broke out in the national capital on Republic Day during the tractor parade.
Talking to reporters, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) president Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh said he was deeply pained by whatever happened during the tractor parade in the national capital, adding that his union was ending its protest. The union was staging the protest at the Chilla border.
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A damaged police vehicle, a day after farmers tractor march that turned violent, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Jan 27, 2021. (Image: PTI)
However, the unions said their agitation against the farm laws will continue and public meetings and hunger strikes will be held across the country on January 30.
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As cracks began to appear in their ongoing agitation against the agri laws, farmer unions on Wednesday cancelled their planned march to Parliament on February 1 when the Union Budget would be presented. The decision came a day after massive violence during their tractor parade in the national capital that left nearly 400 police personnel injured.
In a blow to farmers protesting against the three contentious agri laws, two unions withdrew their support from the agitation at the borders of Delhi. The announcement came a day after violence broke out in the national capital during the tractor parade on Republic Day.
Talking to reporters, Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu) president Thakur Bhanu Pratap Singh said he was deeply pained by whatever happened during the tractor parade in the national capital, adding that his union was ending its protest.
The union was staging the protest at the Chilla border.
VM Singh of All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee said that it is withdrawing from the ongoing agitation as they cannot carry forward a protest with someone “whose direction is something else”.
Farmers’ protests | Two unions withdraw from agitation citing Republic Day violence
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January 27, 2021 18:35 IST
Deeply pained by whatever happened during the tractor parade, says president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu).
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A damaged vehicle seen during the farmers’ tractor rally in New Delhi on January 26, 2021. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma
Deeply pained by whatever happened during the tractor parade, says president of Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu).
Two farmer unions on Wednesday withdrew from the ongoing agitation on Delhi s borders against the three farm laws, a day after violence broke out in the national capital during the tractor parade.
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At an emergency meeting under the chairmanship of Balbir Singh Rajewal, the farmer groups while expressing appreciation to the struggling farmers for extending an unprecedented response to the Kisan Republic Day Parade, also condemned the “conspiracy” of Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee and others which resulted in violence and death of a farmer during the tractor parade.