Opposition leaders condemn violence during tractor parade
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New Delhi, Jan 26 : In the wake of clashes between police and protesting farmers in Delhi on Tuesday as the tractor rally burst into the city, opposition parties condemned the violence and called for calm.
Some also attacked the government over the fracas.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi, in a tweet, said: Sheer anarchy, utter lawlessness, and an absolute mess! This government defines inefficiency, mismanagement, and transgression. The government has taught the world how to turn a peaceful protest into a mobocracy.
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The Haryana cabinet held a special meeting on Tuesday evening under the chairmanship of Chief Minister M L Khattar in the wake of the events that unfolded in the National Capital during the tractor parade and appealed to all protesting farmers to return to their homes. Khattar said farmer unions had assured a peaceful tractor rally in the National Capital. But the events which unfolded today make it clear that this agitation is now not under the control of these farmer leaders. And the command of this agitation is now in the hands of such anarchic elements whose ideology is different from the farmers interests, he said. The chief minister issued a statement asking the farmer community to ponder over where their agitation was headed.
CPI(M) hits out at Centre for tear gassing, lathicharging farmers during tractor rally
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Synopsis Tear gassing & lathicharging Kisans is unacceptable. Why, after the Delhi Police & Samyukt Kisan Morcha agreement? Why is the government provoking a confrontation. They must allow the peaceful, agreed tractor parade to continue, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said in a tweet.
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NEW DELHI: The CPI(M) on Tuesday lashed out at the Centre over the treatment meted out to protesting farmers during their tractor rally, and said tear gassing and lathicharging them is unacceptable . The protesting farmers clashed with police at several places in the national capital. They entered the iconic Red Fort and ITO in the heart of Delhi, with hundreds of them deviating from pre-decided routes, prompting security personnel to resort to lathicharge and tear gas.
Protesting farmers, police clash at various points; Oppn condemns Centre
January 26, 2021
Teargas being used as the farmers crash the barricades during their Republic Day Tractor Parade at Mukarba Chowk on Tuesday - Sushil Kumar Verma
A scene at the Income Tax Office - Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in the national capital on Tuesday - RV Moorthy
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Teargas being used as the farmers crash the barricades during their Republic Day Tractor Parade at Mukarba Chowk on Tuesday - Sushil Kumar Verma
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A scene at the Income Tax Office - Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg in the national capital on Tuesday - RV Moorthy