Tractors rumble across the South in solidarity
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Farmers hold protest demonstrations in Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana demanding full repeal of contentious laws.
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Farmers hold protest demonstrations in Kerala, Karnataka and Telangana demanding full repeal of contentious laws.
Tractors rumbled across Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana and parts of Tamil Nadu and protests were held on Tuesday in solidarity with the agitating farmers in Delhi.
In Kerala, Left organisations organised rallies with tractors and farm implements reiterating the demand for repeal of the farm laws. A. Vijayaraghavan, convener, Left Democratic Front (LDF), who inaugurated a public meeting at the Martyrs Column in Thiruvananthapuram, urged the farmers not to back down until the “black laws” were repealed.
Tractor rally in Bengaluru may be a symbolic one
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They have been stopped from reaching Bengaluru, say farmers’ leaders
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They have been stopped from reaching Bengaluru, say farmers’ leaders
The farmers’ Republic Day tractor parade will only be a symbolic gesture in Bengaluru. The police, who initially refused to allow any tractors into the city, relented after several hours of negotiation and agreed to allow “a few” tractors to hold a symbolic tractor parade, sources said.
However, there was official police confirmation of this, and till late on Monday, many who tried to reach Bengaluru on tractors were not allowed to move towards the city.
No permission given as no nod sought for tractor rally: Bengaluru police chief Kamal Pant ANI | Updated: Jan 25, 2021 23:03 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 25 (ANI): Ahead of the farmer organizations planned tractor rally in Bengaluru in solidarity with the tractor parade in Delhi on January 26, Bengaluru city police commissioner Kamal Pant on Monday said that no permission have been given for the rally inside the city as no permission was sought from any organisation to hold such a rally in the city.
In a statement, the commissioner said that the administration has already conveyed the message that farmers are allowed only in bus, jeeps cars and other speed moving vehicles.