The farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day in New Delhi that was meant to be peaceful and a platform to express their demands, took a violent turn as a section of protesters broke through police barricades and entered parts of the national capital not permitted for their protest. The path taken by this section reportedly deviated from the route that farmers’ unions had agreed upon in their talks with the Delhi Police.
Soon, there were clashes between the protesters and cops, during which several people were injured and vehicles overturned.
The police resorted to lathicharge and fired teargas shells to disperse the protestors, but to little avail.
The protestors continued breaking through police barricades and several of them stormed into the Red Fort, waved and hoisted their flags from its ramparts.
The leading farmers’ unions have condemned the violence and dissociated themselves from those involved in it.
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