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

10:28 AM

The route from Minto Road to Connaught Place closed, says Delhi traffic police

The route from Minto Road to Connaught Place has been closed, please avoid using this route: Delhi Traffic Police

9:21 AM

Entry/exit gates of Lal Quila metro station are closed, says DMRC

9:05 AM

Ghazipur Mandi, NH-9 and NH-24 have been closed for traffic movement

Ghazipur Mandi, NH-9 and NH-24 have been closed for traffic movement. People commuting from Delhi to Ghaziabad are advised to take Shahdara, Karkari Mor and DND: Delhi Traffic Police

8:58 AM

Delhi Police registers 15 FIRs in connection with violence during farmers' tractor rally

As many as 15 FIRs have been registered by Delhi Police in connection with the violence which broke out during the farmers' tractor rally in the national capital on Tuesday.

 

According to sources in Delhi Police, 5 FIRs have been lodged in Eastern Range.

8:39 AM

Farmers' protest LIVE: No place for anarchy in democracy, says RSS

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) National General Secretary Suresh Bhayyaji Joshi on Tuesday said that the violence that took place in Delhi followed by the incident at Red Fort on the occasion of Republic Day are condemnable and there is no place for such anarchy in a democracy.

 

"The violence that took place in Delhi on Republic Day is sad and condemnable," Joshi said in a statement issued to the press.

 

"Especially what happened in Red Fort is an insult to the freedom fighters and those who laid down their lives for the integrity of the nation. There is no place for such anarchy in a democracy," he added.

8:30 AM

Farmers' protest: Security heightened at Singhu border

7:45 AM

Delhi Police says 86 personnel injured in clashes with farmers

Farmers reneged on their commitment made during talks between Sanyukt Kisan Morcha and Delhi Police that they would carry out a peaceful protest on the agreed routes, adding that 86 police personnel were injured in violence across the city.

 

"The struggle between the police and farmers continued throughout the day until late evening. Most of the incidents were reported from Mukarba Chowk, Ghazipur, A-Point ITO, Seemapuri, Nangloi T-Point, Tikri border and Red Fort. 86 policemen so far have reported injured and several public and private properties have been damaged in this act of vandalism by the rioting mob," Delhi Police said in a release.

7:42 AM

Pro-Khalistan group gathers in Washington in support of Indian farmers, reports ANI

Calling it an opportunity to fight for Indian farmers, members of Khalistani separatist groups along with others were seen in support of farmers outside the Indian embassy in Washington DC on Tuesday.

 

A protest hosted by Sikh DMV Youth and Sangat saw a few dozen people gathered in front of the Indian mission to criticise the new rules, which the Narendra Modi government passed in September as part of a broader effort to deregulate the nation's massive agriculture sector.

 

Many in the crowd held saffron-coloured 'Khalistan' flags and chanted anti-India slogans.

12:17 AM

Delhi Police registers seven FIRs in connection with farmers' tractor parade

The Delhi Police on Tuesday registered seven FIRs in connection with the protesting farmers' tractor parade in the national capital, officials said here.

"Three FIRs were registered in east district, three in Dwarka and one in Shahdara district," a police official said.
 

More FIRs are expected to be registered, the police said.
 

Earlier in the day, the tractor parade meant to highlight the demands of the farmer unions 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.
 

According to a statement by police, 86 personnel have reported injuries in the violence.
 

A protester died after his tractor overturned near ITO, one of the major flashpoints of trouble.
 

The Sayunkt Kisan Morcha (SKM), which comprises various farmer organisations, had proposed a "Kisan Tractor Rally" on Republic Day. The SKM had held several rounds of meetings with the Delhi Police in connection with their proposed tractor parade, the statement said.
 

12:17 AM

Antisocial elements were behind violence during tractor parade: Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait

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.
 

It was due to the Delhi Police's “actions” that some antisocial elements entered the parade and caused the violence, he said.
 

The Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) national spokesman in a statement also alleged that the Delhi Police had wrongly placed barricades at some places of the pre-decided routes of the parade.
 

"This was done intentionally to misguide farmers," Tikait said, adding that because of this, farmers on tractors went astray.
 

This gave antisocial elements the opportunity to enter the tractor rally, he claimed.
 

BKU believes in peaceful demonstration and will identify the miscreants behind the violence.
 

Tikait urged protesting farmers to keep themselves away from violence. The coordination committee members of the parade will look into the reasons behind the violence, he said.
 

Thousands of farmers, mostly from Punjab, Haryana and western Uttar Pradesh, are protesting against the Centre's new agri laws at various Delhi border points since November 28 last year and on Tuesday, they took out tractor parades in the national capital.
 

Ghaziabad District Information Officer (DIO) Rakesh Chauhan said in a statement that the tractor rally culminated peacefully in Ghaziabad and no untoward incident occurred.
 

11:31 PM

Haryana Cabinet holds special meeting, appeals to protesting farmers to return home

The Haryana Cabinet held a special meeting here on Tuesday evening under the chairmanship of Chief Minister M L Khattar in the wake of the events that unfolded in the national capital during the tractor parade and appealed to all protesting farmers to return to their homes.

Khattar said farmer unions had assured a peaceful tractor rally in the national capital. "But the events which unfolded today make it clear that this agitation is now not under the control of these farmer leaders. And the command of this agitation is now in the hands of such anarchic elements whose ideology is different from the farmers' interests," he said. The chief minister issued a statement asking the farmer community to ponder over where their agitation was headed.

"The entire Haryana cabinet, through its special meeting held today, humbly appeals to all farmers of this agitation to return to their homes. The strong need of the hour this time is that together we defeat the designs of the anti-social elements," Khattar said.

11:13 PM

Didn't look like farmers' stir; Khalistanis, Congress behind violence: Karnataka minister

It didn't look like farmers' stir. It was an act by terrorists. Terrorists, Khalisthanis & Congress workers are behind this. People who hate PM Modi attempted to destabilise govt but failed & are frustrated. They have been involved in this kind of acts: Karnataka Minister BC Patil

10:35 PM

Delhi Police keeping strict vigil, registering cases after violent clash with farmers

10:13 PM

30 Delhi police personnel in Dwarka seriously injured during clashes with farmers

30 police personnel including SHO of Mohan Garden Police Station sustained serious injuries in the violence in Dwarka district during today's tractor rally. Three FIRs are being registered in this regard: Delhi Police   

10:05 PM

Tractor parade: Farmers start returning to protest sites on Delhi's borders

After hours of chaos during their tractor parade in Delhi against the Centre's new agri laws on Tuesday, thousands of protesting farmers, including those at the Red Fort and Mukarba Chowk, started returning to their sit-in sites at the Singhu, Tikri and Ghazipur borders. Wielding sticks and clubs and holding the tricolour and union flags, tens of thousands of farmers atop tractors broke barriers, clashed with police and entered the city from various points to lay siege to the Red Fort and climb the flagpole on Republic Day on Tuesday.

A protesting farmer died at Delhi's ITO after his tractor overturned. The farmers draped the body in the tricolour and kept it at the ITO crossing, not allowing the police to send it for post-mortem. Police also had to use lathicharge and teargas shells to control unruly protesters at multiple locations in the city. "There is no protesting farmer at ITO crossing and the situation is under control," an official said.

However, there were still around 500 protesting farmers in the Red Fort till Tuesday late evening while at Mukarba Chowk, hundreds of farmers started moving back to the Singhu border points, another official said. Tens of thousands of protesters clashed with police in multiple places, leading to chaos in well known landmarks of Delhi and suburbs, amid waves of violence that ebbed and flowed through the day, leaving the farmers' two-month peaceful movement in tatters.

Farmers' union body Samyukta Kisan Morcha disassociated itself from those who indulged in violence during the tractor parade, and alleged that some "antisocial elements" infiltrated their otherwise peaceful movement.