Thousands of farmers take out ‘rehearsal’ tractor rally, police heighten security in Delhi
Thousands of farmers take out ‘rehearsal’ tractor rally, police heighten security in Delhi
Thousands of protesting farmers have started marching with their tractors from the three protest sites outside Delhi in a ‘rehearsal’ of their January 26 parade while police have heightened security arrangements in the city.
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UPDATED: January 7, 2021 12:07 IST
Tractors of farmers line up near Singhu at Kondli border for the parade rehearsal. (India Today)
Thousands of protesting farmers have started marching with their tractors from the three protest sites outside Delhi in a ‘rehearsal’ of their January 26 parade while police have heightened security arrangements in the city.
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Farmers on a tractor raise slogans during their ongoing protest against farm reform laws at Singhu Border
Security was increased along the borders of the national capital ahead of a tractor rally of farmers on Thursday morning. The farmers will hold the rally at 11 am at four borders of Delhi in protest against the Centre s agriculture laws. They had on Tuesday deferred their proposed tractor march from January 6 to January 7 due to bad weather forecast. The city has been receiving rains sporadically over the past four days.Â
Braving severe cold and sporadic rains, thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and some other parts of the country have been camping at several Delhi border points for over 40 days, demanding repeal of farm laws, a legal guarantee on minimum support price for their crops and other two issues.Â
Security increased along Delhi borders ahead of farmers tractor rally PTI
Updated : Jan 7, 2021, 11:29 am IST
The seventh round of talks between protesting unions and three central ministers ended inconclusively on Monday
Farmers on a tractor during their protest over Centre s farm reform laws, at the Delhi-UP border near Ghazipur, in New Delhi on Tuesday, January 5, 2021. (PTI /Manvender Vashist)
New Delhi: Security was increased along the borders of the national capital ahead of a tractor rally of farmers on Thursday morning.
The farmers will hold the rally at 11 am at four borders of Delhi in protest against the Centre s agriculture laws. They had on Tuesday deferred their proposed tractor march from January 6 to January 7 due to bad weather forecast.
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Farmers launch tractor rally at Delhi borders
On the 43rd day of the agitation, farmers have launched a tractor march from multiple sites. The tractor rally has been called by around 40 farmers unions. Tractor marches were conducted from Singhu to Tikri border, Tikri to Kundli border, Ghazipur to Palwal and Rewasan to Palwal. The farmers are agitating against the recently introduced farm laws. The tractor march comes after farmers said that they would intensify protests if the January 4 talks fail. The talks between the government and the farmers held on January 4 remained inconclusive.
Since the farmers arrived at the national capital s borders, the Delhi Traffic Police has been posting alerts on its official Twitter handle to inform commuters about road closures across the city.