Farmers to take out ‘tractor rally’ today as R-Day rehearsal
SP Rewari Abhishek Jorwal said forces have been in Dharuhera and other protesting sites following Sunday’s clash between a group of farmers and the police.
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Farmers on tractors shout slogans at the Ghazipur border in New Delhi on Monday during their protest against the Centre’s new farm laws. (Photo | Parveen Negi, EPS)
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CHANDIGARH: Farmers’ unions on Wednesday said they will hold a march with 4,000-5,000 tractors on the Eastern and Western Peripheral Expressways on Thursday as a “rehearsal” for January 26, even as the Haryana Police placed barricades at four locations on the Delhi-Jaipur Expressway to stop protesters from entering the national capital, resulting in blockages on the national highway.
Updated Jan 07, 2021 | 14:14 IST
Thousands of people from across the country and foreign nationals participated in the Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi in 2019. Farmers stage a protest at Singhu border during their Delhi Chalo march against the Centre s new farm laws
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed concern over the possibility of spreading of COVID-19 due to the farmers’ protest at various border points of Delhi. The top court made the observation while hearing pleas seeking CBI probe into the matter related to the gathering of people at Anand Vihar Bus Terminal and the Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nizammudin Markaz in Delhi.
Farmers started the tractor march around 11 am and moved towards Kundli, Manesar, Palwal Expressway amid heavy deployment of Delhi Police and Haryana Police personnel.
Updated Jan 06, 2021 | 06:55 IST
The meeting between the BJP leaders and PM Narendra Modi came a day after another round of talks between the government and agitating farmers remained inconclusive. Farmers stage a protest at Singhu border during their Delhi Chalo march against the Centre s new farm laws
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the know of all developments related to the farmers protest against the new agri laws and the issue will get resolved soon, BJP leaders from Punjab asserted on Tuesday after meeting the PM.
BJP leaders Surjit Kumar Jyani and Harjit Singh Grewal met Prime Minister Modi at his residence amid protests by farmers at Delhi s borders for nearly six weeks.