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Farmers march to Bengaluru on Republic Day
Photographs by
Utkarsh 05 February 2021
A protester from the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, a farmers’ organisation, raises slogans during a march at the NICE junction in Bengaluru.
A protester from the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha, a farmers’ organisation, raises slogans during a march at the NICE junction in Bengaluru.
On 26 January, as farmers protesting at Delhi’s borders drove into the national capital in large numbers on a fleet of tractors, farmers in Karnataka also held rallies and demonstrations in their support. Thousands from across Karnataka congregated at the NICE junction at Bengaluru’s Tumkur road, as part of the “Jana Ganarajyotsava Parade” The People’s Republic Day Parade. They later converged with other farmer rallies at the Freedom Park in central Bengaluru. The parade, which was held in solidarity with the protesting farmers, echoed their demand for repealing the three controversial