Delhi mayhem: Full refund for passengers who missed trains from stations on Jan 26
India | January 27, 2021 8:53 ISTIndian Railways will refund passengers who couldn't reach stations to catch trains in Delhi due to the farmers' violence.
Indian Railways will refund passengers who couldn't reach stations to catch trains in Delhi due to the farmers' violence.
Thousands of protesting farmers riding on tractors, motorcycles and cars entered into the premises of Red Fort on Tuesday afternoon with the Tricolour and flags of the farmers' unions in their hands. They also clashed with police in several areas after breaking through barricades.
Following a chaotic day after farmers tractor parade turned violent leading to damage of public, private property, injuring over 80 cops, several protestors, the Delhi Police has so far lodged 7 FIRs in various sections regarding violence on Republic Day.
Shiv Kumar Sharma, also called Kakkaji, one of the leading faces of the ongoing farmers protest, in an exclusive conversation with India TV on violence during tractor march in Delhi, blamed the administration in the national capital for not being able to control those who created chaos.
On the day when farmers in the name of tractor march created havoc, violence broke all law & order in the national capital, a shocking video of Red Fort has surfaced showing farmers attacked police personnel who were trying to stop them entering the Red Fort.
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday said that the Centre failed to control the tractor march going out of hands in the national capital.
Some groups of farmers started going back to their respective sit-in sites on Tuesday evening after hours of chaos during their tractor parade against the farm laws, but thousands of other protesters were still in several areas, including ITO, Nangloi, and Mukarba Chowk, of the national capital.
After farmers tractor rally turned violent in the national capital on Republic Day today, the Delhi Traffic Police has issued an advisory informing about the latest routes to be avoided by the commuters.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday held a high-level meeting to discuss the prevailing law and order situation caused due to the chaotic protests by farmers in Delhi. He has directed 15 paramilitary force companies to be deployed in the national capital.
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha on Tuesday disassociated itself from violent acts that took place during farmers' tractor parade. The SKM said it condemns and regrets the "undesirable" and "unacceptable" events.
As the day progressed, the unruliness and disorder gathered momentum. And it reached its crescendo when thousands of 'farmers' barged into the highly guarded Red Fort (Lal Quila) in old Delhi. Tractors were driven straight inside the iconic monument.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who has been supporting the farmers' protest against the Centre's farm laws, on Tuesday denounced the violence in Delhi by protestors. Gandhi, however, once again appealed that the agri laws should be taken back for country's sake.
The farmers who began their march from different border points, much before the time permitted to them for their tractor rally, had reached ITO in Central Delhi despite the force denying them permission for it.
Protests against the Central agri laws intensified in the national capital on Tuesday as groups of farmers were seen indulging in vandalism of public property and targeting police personnel deployed for Republic Day security.
It was a never seen before moment for thousands of people who gathered at roadsides and perched on the rooftops and balconies watching the tractor parade taken out by farmer unions on Tuesday in protest against the Centre's farm laws.
In a Republic Day like no other, farmers atop tractors, on motorcycles and some on horses, broke barricades to enter the city at least two hours before they were supposed to start the tractor march at noon sanctioned by authorities.
One of the major attractions at this year's Republic Day parade was the flypast by Rafale fighter jets. Sukhoi-30 MKI fighter jets,T-90 tanks, the Samvijay electronic warfare system also enthralled the audience.
The Delhi Traffic Police has asked commuters to avoid the routes where protesting farmers will hold their tractor rally or 'Kisan Gantantra Parade' on Republic Day.
Several vehicles sporting the flags could be seen in Punjab and Haryana. In the wake of the farmers' agitation and their plan to hold a tractor parade on Republic Day, the Haryana Police on Thursday decided to cancel the leave of its personnel till further orders.
Farmer unions are insisting on holding a tractor parade on January 26 to press for their demand to repeal the three farm laws.
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