Page 31 - Farmers Protest

LIVE: Yogendra Yadav, Rakesh Tikait, Patkar among 37 leaders named in FIR

Farmers' protest LIVE updates: Protesting farmers have announced a foot march to Parliament on February 1, when the Union Budget is presented

Acting head: Why is Deep Sidhu in news over violence at Red Fort?

Sidhu is the individual who planted the "Nishan Sahib" or the Sikh religious flag atop the Red Fort on January 26

After R-Day violence, farmers call off march to Parliament on February 1

Police book Tikait, many other farmer leaders

Farmers scrap Budget day march to Parliament after tractor rally violence

As cracks began to appear in their ongoing agitation against the agri laws, farmer unions on Wednesday cancelled their planned march to Parliament on February 1 when the Budget would be presented. The decision by farmer unions came a day after massive violence during their tractor parade in the national capital that left nearly 400 police personnel injured. The farmer leaders, however, alleged that there was a conspiracy behind Tuesday's incidents and demanded a probe. They said their agitation against the farm laws will continue and public meetings and hunger strikes will be held across the country on January 30. "The tractor parade was hit by a government conspiracy. Deep Sidhu is an RSS man. Police let him go after he hoisted a religious flag at Red Fort," farmer leader Darshan Pal, who has been accused by police of making inflammatory speeches, alleged at a press conference. Sidhu is a former aide of actor and BJP MP Sunny Deol. Deol had distanced himself from Sidhu in Decembe

BJP planted stooge Deep Sidhu to create chaos in tractor parade: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party on Wednesday alleged the BJP planted its "stooge", actor Deep Sidhu, to create "chaos" during farmers' tractor parade in Delhi on Republic Day. The Delhi BJP, on the other hand, alleged that one Amrik Singh Micky, who was present at the Red Fort and later posted his picture with provocative slogan in Facebook, was an AAP leader. The tractor parade on Tuesday that was to highlight the demands of the farmer unions to repeal the three new agriculture laws descended into anarchy as tens of thousands of protesters broke through barriers, fought with police, overturned vehicles and hoisted a religious flag from the ramparts of the iconic Red Fort. Clashes broke out in multiple places, leading to violence in well-known landmarks of Delhi and its suburbs, amid waves of violence that ebbed and flowed through the Republic Day. Punjabi actor Deep Sidhu has been blamed by the farmer union leaders and politicians for inciting violence during the tractor rally. At a press ..

Farmer unions may face credibility crisis after tractor rally: Agri experts

Agriculture experts on Wednesday said the position of protesting farmer unions has weakened

India's new agri laws have potential to raise farm income: IMF's Gopinath

But there is a need to provide a social safety net to the vulnerable cultivators, IMF's Chief Economist Gita Gopinath has said

Protest has gone out of farmer leaders' control: Haryana CM Khattar

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday condemned the violent incidents in New Delhi

Twitter suspends over 550 accounts after violence during tractor rally

The rally saw farmers clashing with police personnel in many parts of Delhi

SP, BSP demand repeal of 3 new farm laws after Delhi tractor rally

SP, BSP hit out at the central government and again demanded the repeal of three new central farm laws

Commuters face hardships due to traffic restrictions on key routes in Delhi

Violence broke out during the farmers' tractor parade in the city on Tuesday

Twitter suspends 300 accounts after farmers' tractor rally went violent

Twitter on Wednesday said it suspended more than 300 accounts engaged in spam and platform manipulation as the farmers' tractor rally went violent in the national capital on the 72nd Republic Day.

PM should hold talks with farmers to accede to their demands: Puducherry CM

He also called the three contentious laws, which farmers wanted to be scrapped, as ''anti farmers'' and ''injurious'' to the farming community

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Farmers sow seeds of violence: Union ends tractor rally, security beefed up

One dead, many injured as protesters storm Red Fort

Anarchy on wheels: Farmers' groups condemn violence, await clear picture

Farmers' protest descended into chaos as they used tractors to pull apart barricades, prompting the police to lathi-charge and fire tear gas. Punjab and Haryana on high alert

'Extremists' in garb of 'annadata', insurrection against govt: BJP leaders

Amit Malviya alleged that the "anarchy" people saw on the streets of Delhi in the name of farmers had nothing to do with either farm laws or farmers

Haryana Cabinet holds special meeting, appeals farmers to return home

The chief minister issued a statement asking the farmer community to ponder over where their agitation was headed

Tractor rally: 41 Delhi cops injured in clashes with farmers at Red Fort

Protesting farmers violated the conditions pre-agreed for their tractor parade and indulged in violence and vandalism, leaving 86 police personnel injured, the Delhi Police said

No more concessions

Farmers' intransigence, invasion of Delhi are unacceptable