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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

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The farmer groups, protesting along Delhi’s borders against the three farm laws, have adopted a wait-and-watch stand on the violent protests inside the Capital on Republic Day, saying they will dwell into the events once the full picture emerges. However, most farmer leaders condemned the violence and blamed it on miscreants present among the protesters. Some said a stand will be taken once all the leaders come back from their sites and discuss the development.

farmers’ protests, police, tear gasA police person fires tear-gas as farmers break barricades near Akshardham Ashish Mittal, general secretary of the All India Kisan Mazdoor Sabha (AIKMS), one of the groups participating in the protest, said, “The route given for the tractor parade was hardly touching Delhi, and therefore, unacceptable to many of us. On top of that, when the protesters reached Delhi, the police fired and used force on them and this caused all the chaos. Many farmers have been injured in the violence while none of the policemen suffered any injury…Read More


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