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

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Farmers' Protest IVE: Some farmers seen taking off their tents at Chilla border

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

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday condemned the violent incidents in New Delhi, especially at the Red Fort, and said the farmers' protest has now gone out of control of their leaders and has deviated from its direction. He appealed to the farmers to return to their homes after Tuesday's unfortunate incidents, IANS reported.

 

The Chief Minister said a special Cabinet meeting convened here on Tuesday evening was unanimous in its view that the people must together foil the nefarious intentions of anti-social elements and cooperate in maintaining peace and harmony. No Indian could tolerate unfurling of a flag other than the national flag at the Red Fort. Doing so is an insult to those great freedom fighters and martyrs who sacrificed their lives so that the Tricolour could fly high on the ramparts of the Red Fort, Khattar added.

 

"Our freedom fighters did not earn freedom for us to spread such anarchy," he said.

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37 farmer leaders held responsible for yesterday's violence in national capital: Delhi Police

37 farmer leaders including Medha Patkar, Buta Singh, Yogendra Yadav held responsible for yesterday's violence, in one of the FIRs by Delhi Police. FIR states that acts like not following mutually agreed route & timing of farmers' rally to disrupt Republic Day parade were done: Delhi Police

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Two farmer unions withdraw from agitation against farm laws citing Republic Day violence

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Farmers’ Protest LIVE: Two farm unions break away from protests

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Never said doors for dialogue with farmers shut: Prakash Javadekar

A day after unprecedented violence in Delhi during the tractor parade, the government on Wednesday said it has never stated that the doors for dialogue with farmers are closed and stressed that it will inform whenever the decision is taken for fresh talks, PTI reported.

 

"We have never said that the doors for dialogue are closed. Have you heard. Whenever talks are held, we will let you know," Union minister Prakash Javadekar said, when asked at the cabinet briefing on whether the doors for talks with farmers are closed now.

 

After the 11th round of talks on Friday last, the government asked the farmers to reconsider their proposal of holding the three farm laws on hold for 1-1.5 years, but the farmers rejected their proposal. No decision has been taken on another round of talks with farmers.

 

He said whatever decisions with regard to talks with farmers are taken, will be disclosed at the right time. "We have already told you, if there is any change, we will let you know," he said. Asked whether Tuesday's violence was discussed in the meeting of the union cabinet, Javadekar said the cabinet is different from the security committee.

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Twitter suspends over 550 accounts after violence during farmers' Republic Day tractor rally

Twitter on Wednesday suspended over 550 accounts from its platform in connection with the violence during the farmers' tractor rally in the national capital on the 72nd Republic Day.

 

A Twitter spokesperson told ANI that the platform has also labelled tweets which were found to be in violation of its "synthetic and manipulated media policy".

 

"We have taken strong enforcement action to protect the conversation on the service from attempts to incite violence, abuse, and threats that could trigger the risk of offline harm by blocking certain terms that violate our rules for trends, the spokesperson said. READ ON...

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Twitter suspends over 550 accounts after violence during farmers' Republic Day tractor rally: ANI

Twitter suspends over 550 accounts after violence during farmers' Republic Day tractor rally

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviews law and order situation, measures taken to ensure peace in Delhi

Union Home Minister Amit Shah reviews law & order situation, measures taken to ensure peace in Delhi: officials

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Protesters vandalise a Delhi Police vehicle, during yesterday's episode of violence

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Lone INLD MLA Abhay Singh Chautala resigns from Haryana Assembly over farm laws

Indian National Lok Dal leader Abhay Singh Chautala on Wednesday tendered his resignation as MLA from the Haryana Assembly over the three new farm laws. Speaker Gian Chand Gupta said he has accepted Abhay Chautala's resignation with immediate effect, PTI reported. Abhay Chautala mentioned that he has resigned as farmers' demands have not been met, Gupta told reporters.

 

The 57-year-old INLD leader was the party's lone MLA in the 90-member State Assembly and represented the Ellenabad seat.

 

Abhay Chautala, who is the younger son of INLD president and former Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, drove to the state assembly complex here in a green tractor to submit his resignation.

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Agitating protesters ram their tractors into a Delhi Police vehicle overturning it

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No one should do politics over violence: Fadnavis on farmers' protest on Republic Day

Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday said no one should do politics over violence that broke out during the farmers' protest in the national capital on Republic Day as the matter is about the nation. Speaking to PTI, Fadnavis condemned the violence and said farm leaders leading the protest should introspect why such violence took place.

 

The tractor parade on Tuesday that was to highlight the demands of the farmer unions to repeal three new agri laws dissolved into anarchy on the streets of the city 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.

 

"What happened yesterday in the national capital was not right. I think no one should do politics and it is not right to do politics on this kind of violence," Fadnavis said just before meeting Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.

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Farmer leaders hold meeting, say violence damaged their cause

The leaders of the Sanyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) have strongly condemned the incidents of violence at Red Fort on Republic Day in the national capital by a mob of farmers, protesting against the three farm laws enacted last year, IANS reported. The SKM on Wednesday called a meeting in which the incidents of violence by the farmers would be discussed and deliberations would be held to keep the agitation peaceful.

 

The agitation on Delhi's borders by the farmers entered the 63rd day on Wednesday, demanding a repeal of three new Central farm laws and a legal guarantee for the procurement of all crops at the Minimum Support Price (MSP). The leaders of the SKM, a consortium of farmer organisations leading the agitation, have appealed to the farmers to continue protesting peacefully and condemned the incidents which took place on Tuesday.

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Six buses, five police vehicles damaged as 10,000 farmers stormed Delhi's ITO: FIR

Six Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) buses and five police vehicles were damaged in the violence that broke out at ITO during the farmers' tractor parade in the national capital on Republic Day, according to an FIR registered in connection with the incident. It also claimed that several police personnel were injured and 70 iron barricades damaged when over 10,000 protesting farmers on nearly 600 tractors stormed the area, PTI reported.

 

The Delhi Police stated the protestors tried to enter Luytens' Delhi from Tilak Bridge despite not given permission to hold the tractor parade in the jurisdiction of IP Estate Police station where the first information report (FIR) was registered. According to the FIR, the farmers smashed the barricades and hit DTC buses stationed at ITO with their tractors and also tried to run over police personnel.