As India celebrated its 72nd Republic Day on January 26, groups of protesting farmers entered the national capital, breaking barricades and clashing with the police.
Here are top 5 developments a day after the farmers’ tractor rally:
1. Earlier today, Union tourism minister Prahlad Patel visits Red Fort, day after religious flag unfurled there.
Delhi: Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Patel visits Red Fort. pic.twitter.com/6K5fEzRTK6
— ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2021
2. More than 300 Police personnel have been injured after being attacked by agitating farmers on January 26, says Delhi Police.
3. The Delhi Police have registered 22 FIRs in connection with the violence, officials said. “Three FIRs were registered in east district, three in Dwarka and one in Shahdara district,” a police official said. More FIRs are expected to be registered, the police said.
4. Delhi Police will also hold a press briefing today over the incidents of violence in the national capital on January 26
5. Earlier today, Rakesh Tikait, the spokesperson of the agitating Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) said: those who created violence and unfurled flags at Red Fort will have to pay for their deeds. For last two months, a conspiracy is going on against a particular community. This is not a movement of Sikhs, but farmers.
Those who created violence and unfurled flags at Red Fort will have to pay for their deeds. For last two months, a conspiracy is going on against a particular community. This is not a movement of Sikhs, but farmers: Rakesh Tikait, Bharat Kisan Union https://t.co/aJxHcibvSl
— ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2021
We said bring your own sticks. Please show me a flag without a stick, I will accept my mistake: Rakesh Tikait on viral video where he was seen appealing to his supporters to be armed with lathis https://t.co/LKw8ihVmtE
— ANI (@ANI) January 27, 2021
On Tuesday, a person died after a tractor overturned at Delhi’s DDU Marg during the violent protest by farmers.
#WATCH | A protesting farmer died after a tractor rammed into barricades and overturned at #ITO today: Delhi Police
CCTV Visuals: @DelhiPolice pic.twitter.com/2SHLewPhNX
— NewsMobile (@NewsMobileIndia) January 26, 2021
Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday reviewed the situation arising out of the farmers’ agitation in the national capital. The meeting was attended by Union Home Secretary, Delhi Police Commissioner, and Senior Officers. Sources said, during the meeting, it was decided to increase the number of paramilitary forces in Delhi, reported Hindustan Times.
The farmers’ protest took a violent turn after protestors broke police barricades at border areas and also clashed with the police in several parts of Delhi. Several police officers were also injured as protesters clashed with cops.