The Delhi Police has increased security measures at the Tikri, Singhu, and Ghazipur borders, as well as at railway stations, metro stations, and bus stands in view of protests by farmers.
Farmers protest: "We will decide next course of action on February 29", said Farmer leader Sarwan Singh Pandher told while addressing a press conference at Khanauri.
The protesting farmers would resume their 'Dilli Chalo' march to the national capital from the Punjab-Haryana Shambhu border starting February 21.
Farmers were seen vacating the Ghazipur border in Delhi, which was one of the epicentres of the farmers' agitation against the three agri laws. BKU spokesperson Rakesh Tikait was seen holding the tricolor along with other farm leaders, as the year long protest came to an end on Wednesday.
At the Singhu border, the Delhi Police on Tuesday dismantled almost all barricades that were erected to prevent the protesting farmers from moving towards the national capital.
The tractor rally called by the farmers', which was supposed to be held on November 29, has been postponed. Watch Kurukshetra to know what can be the next possible move of farmers.
To observe one year of the anti-farm law agitation, the SKM had earlier this month announced that 500 farmers will participate in peaceful tractors marches to Parliament every day during the Winter Session starting November 29.
The collective of over 40 protesting farmer unions said in a statement that several convoys of women farmers were reaching the Delhi borders to join the 'Mahila Kisan Sansad'.
On Monday, another man, Gurjot Singh, was arrested from Punjab and remanded in the custody of Delhi Police for three days by a court here on Monday.
Farmers will visit the Raj Bhavan (the Governor House) in several states.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Gajendra Singh Nagar will pass the order on the point of cognisance of the fresh charge sheet on June 19 at 2 pm.
In their chargesheet into the case related to the Republic Day violence at the Red Fort, the Delhi Police have claimed that there was a conspiracy to capture the historic monument and convert it into a site for the farmers protesting against the three agricultural laws that were enacted in September 2020 by the Centre.
The Punjabi actor is accused of instigating a group of farmers to storm the Red Fort on Republic Day during the tractor parade. Sidhu was seen in the video footage of the Red Fort violence.
Gangster-turned-social activist Lakhbir Singh alias Lakha Sidhana, named as one of the main accused in the violence in Delhi during the farmers' rally on Republic Day, belongs to a village in Punjab's Bathinda district and dreamed of making big in politics through the farmers' agitation.
A day after Republic Day violence in the national capital during farmers tractor parade, police barricading has been removed from Chilla Border in Noida connecting it with Delhi.
Farmer who died at ITO protest after his tractor overturned had returned from Australia recently to celebrate his wedding.
Known to be close to Gurdaspur MP and Bollywood actor Sunny Deol, Sidhu was the election in-charge for the BJP leader during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In December last year, Deol had distanced himself from Sidhu. Even the farmers' unions had banned Sidhu last year.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation took to Twitter to inform the public about the temporary closure of metro station gates.
In a statement, the police also claimed it did all due diligence in following the conditions for the rally, but the protesters began their march much ahead of the scheduled time and extensive damage to public property was caused during the violence by them.
After a clash between the farmers and police at ITO where hundreds of protestors were seen chasing police personnel with sticks, ramming their tractors into the buses, they then reached Red Fort.
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