With results day close by, bureaucrats working in central government offices are counting their last few days of ease. Having put together plans for 100 days and five years, several top bureaucrats are learnt to have used the window to go out on a short leave to take a quick breather. Reason is obvious — while results day can be uncertain, it is certain that the new government will keep them on their toes.
ISSUE DATE: February 22, 2021
UPDATED: February 15, 2021 14:11 IST
Rallying cry: BKU national spokesperson Rakesh Tikait on stage at the Ghazipur border on January 30
If the events of this year’s Republic Day, when lumpen youth hijacked what had hitherto been a determined yet peaceful farmers’ protest and led a siege of the iconic Red Fort, threatened to derail the movement, Rakesh Tikait’s tears on Beating Retreat Day (January 28), when police tried to force-clear protesters from Ghazipur, put it right back on track. His emotional outburst not only re-energised the movement, but it also led to something more momentous, bringing the Jats of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana together in solidarity with the Punjab farmer, undermining the central government’s insinuations that the movement was confined to Punjab, that it was being used by Khalistani forces to further their own radical agenda and was the work of ‘andolanjeevis’, professional protesters who live off agitations.
Cases have been filed in 5 states so far, the latest being in Delhi on Saturday, against Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists over their allegedly misleading tweets on the violence
Farmers tractor rally violence: 38 cases filed, 84 arrested; a look at action taken by police so far across India Cases have been filed in 5 states so far, the latest being in Delhi on Saturday, against Congress Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor and six journalists over their allegedly misleading tweets on the violence FP Staff January 31, 2021 15:00:49 IST Tens of thousands of protesting farmers drove long lines of tractors into Delhi on Tuesday, breaking through police barricades, defying tear gas and storming the historic Red Fort as the nation celebrated Republic Day. AP
Five days since the violence during the farmers’ tractor day parade on Republic Day, a host of police cases have been filed in multiple states, including Delhi, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. The Delhi Police have so far filed 38 cases and arrested 84 people in connection to the
Delhi violence turns agri woes into law and order issue; distracts from real grievances of farmers This isn t the first time in recent history that a citizen-initiated movement has had to face a credibility crisis after a bout of violence. The anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protests in February 2020 faced a similar predicament when riots broke out in Delhi FP Staff January 29, 2021 06:09:34 IST Representational image. AP
On Tuesday, the Republic Day tractor parade, which was meant to highlight the demands of the farmer unions, devolved into chaos on the streets of Delhi. Tens of thousands of protesters broke through barriers, fought with police, overturned vehicles and hoisted a religious flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort=.