Farmers Tractor Rally Delhi Live : Farmers reach Red Fort; Cops use tear gas barricades broken at ITO

Farmers Tractor Rally Delhi Live : Farmers reach Red Fort; Cops use tear gas barricades broken at ITO

Farmers Tractor Rally Delhi Live : Farmers reach Red Fort; Cops use tear gas barricades broken at ITO

New Delhi  : Delhi Police fired teargas shells on a section of farmers near Akshardham temple and Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar here on Tuesday as they entered Delhi ahead of their planned 'Kisan Gantantra Parade'.

The agitating farmers, comprising mostly youths, earlier broke through the barricades set up by police near Ghazipur entry point on the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border and Singhu and Tikri points on the Delhi-Haryana border.

Entry and exit gates of some metro stations in central, north Delhi closed.

The Delhi Police appealed to farmers to not take law in their hands, maintain peace.

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As soon as they reached near the Akshardham intersection on the Delhi-Meerut Highway, police fired teargas shells. The farmers then indulged in stone-pelting to break windscreens of passing trucks as well as DTC buses parked on the road to stop them from moving inside Delhi.

A similar situation prevailed at Sanjay Gandhi Transport Nagar as police fired tear- gas shells on farmers who moved in from the Singhu border.

The development has apparently led to anxieties in Delhi police camp as farmers enter borders before the conclusion of Republic Day parade.

The Delhi Police sources said the agreement was that the farmers would wait at the borders until after the R Day parade because Delhi’s arterial roads are part of the R Day parade exit plan. Farmers have, however, started entering through the borders, even as the parade is on, said officials.

Talking to The Tribune, farmer leader Rajinder Deep Singh Wala said: “We are inside Delhi and the march is peaceful.”

He said: “We have come from Singhu border, which has the biggest gathering. Also, have reports of bad elements amongst us. There were certain apprehensions, however, so far all is well.”

The Delhi Police had permitted the farmers to enter Delhi once the official Republic Day parade was over.

Thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh have been protesting on the Delhi borders since November 26 last year to demand the repeal of three new central farm laws and ensure legal guarantee for minimum support price for their crops.

Eleven rounds of talks between the farmers and the central government have remained fruitless. With agencies