Thousands of protesting farmers, who reached ITO from the Ghazipur border, clashed with the police. Many of them, driving tractors, reached the Red Fort and entered the monument.
Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal said the farmers' protest against the farm laws is a battle of existence for them.
The Delhi Police has issued lookout notices against the farmer leaders against whom FIRs have been filed in connection with Republic Day violence.
Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu has threatened to expose farmer leaders after he came under fire from unions following unprecedented violence on Delhi roads on Republic Day.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited two hospitals in Delhi to see policemen who are currently undergoing treatment after Republic Day violence in the national capital.
The Ghazipur-Delhi border was one of the three protest sites of the farmers protesting against three farm laws since November last year.
Thousands of protesting farmers who reached ITO from the Ghazipur border clashed with police. Many of them driving tractors reached the Red Fort and entered the monument. They also hoisted flags on the domes.
The Delhi Police on Wednesday wrote to farmer leader Darshan Pal asking him to explain why legal action should not be taken against him, post violence during tractor rally on Republic Day.
The protesting farmer leaders have postponed their foot march to Parliament on February 1 against the three farm laws in the wake of violence in the national capital during the tractor parade on Republic Day. Swaraj India President Yogendra Yadav said he was apologetic, but the agitation would continue.
Acting tough on the widespread violence during the farmers' tractor parade on Republic Day, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava on Wednesday assured the strictest possible action against rioters who indulged in violence.
India's national capital was bombarded with violence on Tuesday when farmers protesting against the new Agri laws went berserk.
The Dehi Police has filed as many as 22 FIRs against rioters and more than 25 farmer leaders in connection with Tuesday's violence in the national capital.
At Red Fort, rioters broke the gates and entered its wells. A section of the crowd also managed to climb atop the rampart of the Red Fort where they hoisted their organisation's flag.
Security has been beefed up in several places across Delhi especially at the Red Fort and farmer protest sites, with deployment of additional paramilitary forces following the violence.
Farmer leader Hannan Mollah has alleged a well-planned conspiracy by “enemies” to derail the farmers protest against the new farm laws. In an exclusive conversation with India TV, Mola distanced himself from violence and decried the violence.
The Delhi Police have registered 22 FIRs so far in connection with the violence that broke out during the farmers' tractor parade in the national capital leaving over 300 policemen injured.
22 FIRs have been registered so far in connection with the violence that broke out during the farmers' tractor parade in Delhi.
Dramatic scenes were witnessed on Tuesday after the agitating farmers clashed with the Delhi Police near ITO, with the police firing the tear gas shells and carrying out baton charges to disperse them.
Several Delhi roads connecting key areas and the national capital with the neighbouring cities Ghaziabad, Noida, Gururam and Faridabad have been closed for vehicular movement.
Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said that some antisocial elements were behind the violence during the farmers' tractor parade in the national capital on Tuesday.
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