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AAP member involved in inciting violence at Red Fort: Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar

Jakhar rejected AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha’s claim that his party had no connection to Micky

AAP member involved in inciting violence at Red Fort: Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar

Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar. File photo

Chandigarh, January 27

Punjab Congress chief Sunil Jakhar on Wednesday alleged AAP’s role in the violence at the Red Fort during the Republic Day tractor parade, and said the party got “exposed” as one of its “members” was seen at the monument with a flag.

He dubbed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) as a “traitor” to the farmers’ cause, and alleged that one Amrik Singh Micky, who was present at the Red Fort and later posted his picture with alleged provocative slogan in Facebook, was officially inducted into the party.

Jakhar rejected AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha’s claim that his party had no connection to Micky.

The Congress leader claimed Micky’s Facebook page shows him being inducted into the party by Jarnail Singh, a Punjab AAP leader, in the presence of their national spokesperson Sanjay Singh on January 8, 2020.

A video is also available on Jarnail Singh’s Facebook page, the PPCC chief said, adding that Amrik’s page also shows a picture of him unofficially being inducted into the AAP by Jarnail Singh on December 29, 2019.In a statement, Jakhar claimed it was now “clearly proven” that AAP members “incited” the Delhi violence, “in collusion with the BJP”, and demanded strict penal action.

He also urged the Election Commission to derecognise the “party of goons, criminals and liars”.Arvind Kejriwal and his party had also lost all rights to continue in office in Delhi after this, said the PPCC president.

The Delhi chief minister who had been quick to implement one of the farm laws days before the farmers began their march to Delhi in November 2020, was “clearly” working on the directives of the BJP to “weaken and malign” the farmers’ fight for justice, Jakhar claimed.

If Micky is indeed a BJP member, as claimed by Raghav Chadha, then the Facebook videos and picture clearly indicate a “complicity” between the AAP and the BJP, alleged Jakhar.

Jakhar said it had become abundantly evident that both AAP and BJP “collectively engineered the infiltration of miscreants and anti-social elements” into the farmers’ protest to “incite” the violence that triggered mayhem on the streets of the national capital and brought shame to the nation. — PTI


Opposition blames Centre for capital siege, hopes farm unions will reclaim the agitation

Opposition blames Centre for capital siege, hopes farm unions will reclaim the agitation

Police fire teargas shells to disperse protesting farmers who were attempting to break barricades at Ghazipur border during their tractor march on Republic Day. PTI

Aditi Tandon
Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 26

Major opposition parties on Tuesday united against the government blaming its insensitivity for the capital siege by farmers on Tuesday and demanded immediate repeal of the farm laws that have agitated the protesters for over 61 days now.

The Congress, NCP and Trinamool Congress led the charge against the BJP government and termed the developments in Delhi as “painful”.

While the Congress said there was no place for violence in a democracy, TMC chief Mamata Banerjee said the developments in Delhi were worrying and painful.

NCP’s Sharad Pawar too laid the blame at the Centre’s doors asking why the government could not secure the capital and anticipate the violence.

CPM’s Sitaram Yechury slammed the Centre for mishandling the farmers’ issues and said the Republic is of the public and the tantra (establishment) in Ganatantra has no meaning without the gana (people).

“The farmers’ protests are for a legitimate demand of millions. That remains the issue at hand and must be resolved,” Yechury said adding that violence in any form is unacceptable.

All opposition stalwarts went on to seek the repeal of farm laws blaming today’s developments in the “undemocratic passage of the legislations”.

Congress’ media chief Randeep Surjewala asked the protesters to keep their goals in mind welcoming Samyukta Kisan Morcha’s decisions to dissociate from violent elements.

“Non-violence is the biggest strength of the farmer agitation. We hope that this farmer-labourer alliance will remain committed to peaceful means for the repeal of the anti-agriculture laws,” said Surjewala asking the government if it was justified in holding inconclusive talks with farmer leaders without ever heeding to their demands of repeal.

“It is clear that the people are anguished with the government and the 61-day-old face-off between the people and the system is not good for our democracy. The abiding message of the Republic Day is that the government must listen to the people, shun its arrogance and rescind the laws,” said the Congress general secretary referring to the 61-day peaceful farmer’s agitation and the death of 175 farmers in the process.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said the government had been extremely casual in dealing with the farmers and must repeal the laws now.

That said, the opposition remains in a wait and watch mode and is hoping the agitation redeems its reputation as peaceful and genuine, as the Budget Session of Parliament approaches.

All eyes are on the morchas parked at Delhi’s borders to see if they can tame the unruly elements that have infiltrated the protests. This remains a challenge after Samyukta Kisan Morcha failed miserably in ensuring a peaceful tractor parade today.

Although the Morcha abruptly called off the tractor parade this evening, the question everyone was asking is who is listening to them.

 The government for its part is waiting for things to pan out in the coming days with the Delhi Police earning praise across social media for restraint in the face of grave provocations today.

The police released a list of 41 personnel injured in the clashes with the farmers and has begun assessing losses on persons and of property.

 The government will weigh the public sentiment on the matter before making the next moves as the law takes its course against elements that ran rampage in the capital on Republic Day.

Farm unions for their part returned to the borders tonight to mull what went wrong and how to reclaim the narrative.


Tractor parade becomes violent; farmers enter Red Fort, hoist flag Farmers run riot on Delhi roads, defy barricades to reach Red Fort

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Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 26

The farmers tractor parade went out of control on Tuesday as unruly protesters broke barricades across borders and inside Delhi to march into the capital’s arterial roads from all sides and park at Red Fort.

At least two agitators hoisted their own flags after climbing the flagstaff at the Red Fort where thousands of protesters stormed, creating a major law and order issue.

The Home Ministry officials said they were closely watching the situation and talking to farmers to get them to move back and out of the city.

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Locals perch on rooftops, balconies to witness unprecedented farmers’ tractor parade
Women in Haryanvi attire dance to folk songs; youths with flags add colour to tractor parade

Delhi Metro ordered 20 stations closed as the situation went out of hand.

Earlier, the farmers broke into Delhi defying all rules and agreements with the police and stationed in thousands at the Red Fort, with no clarity on what they intend to do.

At the Red Fort some agitators performed martial arts Gatka.

Before reaching the Red Fort, the protesters ran riot on Delhi roads, broke concrete barricades, damaged buses, flashed swords and even attempted to ram into resisting police personnel.

Although the Samyukta Kisan Morcha washed hands off the ugly protests on the 72nd Republic Day and said they are part of the group that defied the police routes, the overall consequences were more than deleterious for the farmers agitation which has so far been peaceful.

The group of protesters that entered through the Ghazipur border clashed with the police at ITO after breaking the Noida Link Road barricade.

At ITO the police lobbed tear gas shells at the farmers who were armed with steel rods, sticks and swords. The farmers however refused to budge with many attempting to ram their tractors into police personnel almost stopping short of running them over.

Some of the farmers when asked where they would go said they were headed to the Red Fort.

The violent protesters kept saying they would conquer Delhi and that Delhi belonged to them.

Many of them mentioned Rakesh Tikait was their leader.

As the volatile protests left a trail of destruction in their wake, the focus shifted to Red Fort which they stormed to make their point against the farm legislations.

Delhi Police were seen maintaining restraint and said they were talking to the protesters asking them to go back out of Delhi.

 The farmers climbed the Red Fort and its historic structures flashing victory signs, as the government maintained a close watch on the situation dominated by unstoppable farmers.

Even as the movement towards Red Fort began, more and more farmers entered Delhi and the crowds continued to swell.

Protesting farmer dies as his tractor overturns: after shot dead by police:vedio 

An unidentified protesting farmer lost his life, as his tractor turned upside down on the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg near ITO, amid police action of lathicharge and teargas.

The deceased has not been identified yet.

Farmers sitting on a dharna with the dead body at ITO, New Delhi, on Tuesday. Tribune photo: Mukesh Aggarwal

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Driven by cause, it’s now or never for young farmers

Driven by cause, it’s now or never for young farmers

Young farmers on their way to the national capital for the tractor rally. Tribune photo

Aman Sood

Tribune News Service

Patiala, January 25

Braving the chill and fog, thousands of farmers are on the road with only one destination in mind — Delhi — to participate in the January 26 tractor parade. Long tractor queues on the entire national highway run up to the national capital borders.

All through the route, people are seen showing flags, waving and even bursting crackers to boost the morale of the Delhi-bound farmers. Even at 11.30 pm, residents are seen standing alongside the Sonepat roads, some with candles while others waving at the passing farmers.

Enthusiasm of Mansimrat Singh Riar, a youth from Naina village in Patiala who travelled the entire Sunday night to reach the border, encapsulates what is the driving force behind the farmers’ agitation. With a farmer union’s flag flying high in front of his tractor, the music system on the vehicle plays songs from ‘Bhag Milkha Bhag’, a film on the life story of famous athlete Milkha Singh. The song “Zinda hai toh…” perfectly describes the farmer’s struggle against the three laws. “We are not on a picnic. We have left the comforts of our home and family members for a cause. The struggle is of principles. We will die or win this,” says Riar, who has been to the Delhi borders almost four times in the past over a month.

At Ambala, the cavalcade of tractors led by Riar stopped over at a dhaba for dinner. The dhaba owner refused to charge anything. “My friends and I are serving our farmer friends. It is our humble contribution,” says Depanshu Kambhoj who belong to Sanaur.

Near Panipat, a former Chief Engineer, JS Dullat, along with his friends, is on his way with ration and other items loaded in their contingent of 20 tractors. “I retired as an engineer but my veins have a farmer’s blood. This is the second time I am going to Delh,” he says.


Centre’s troubles mount as farmers plan ‘march on foot’ to Parliament on Budget day Amid growing countrywide protests, govt may ‘reach out’ to farmers after tractor rally

Centre’s troubles mount as farmers plan ‘march on foot’ to Parliament on Budget day

Vehicles are stuck in traffic at KMP Kundali border as farmers take their tractors into Delhi for their scheduled tractor parade on Republic Day. Tribune photos: Mukesh Aggarwal

Vibha Sharma

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 25

Even as Delhi and the country await the January 26 tractor parade by farmers, unions have already announced their plans to take forward the agitation against the three contentious farm laws.

Samyukta Kisan Morcha leader Darshan Pal on Monday said farmers will march on foot to the Parliament on February 1 ( the day Budget is presented by the Central Government) and that the protest will be continue till demands are met.

With Opposition parties gearing up to corner the Narendra Modi government on farmers’ issues, the upcoming Budget session is expected to be a stormy affair.

While Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said he remained “hopeful of a resolution as laws are in favour of farmers”, sources said the government is “apprehensive of the agitation gaining more strength and expanse after tomorrow’s event and expanding beyond the main centre-stage of the Delhi-Punjab-Haryana-Uttar Pradesh-Rajasthan borders”.

Protests are being reported from across states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Jharkhand, Assam, Tripura and Jammu and Kashmir.

In Mumbai thousands of farmers are joining the ongoing protest at the Azad Maidan. Tomorrow, they are planning to hoist the flag and submit a memorandum to the Governor.

Sources say a lot depends upon the way the situation unfolds tomorrow.

The sources said the government may “reach out” to unions once the tractor rally “passes off peacefully”. “They (unions) have been allowed to have their way (on Republic Day),” they add. Tomar maintains that 11 rounds of dialogue have not yielded result because of “some farmer unions from Punjab”.

“A few farmer unions, majority of which are from Punjab,” had objections to the laws. It was respecting their views that the government started the dialogue, he says.


Amarinder lays stone of Jallianwala Bagh memorial park Pays an emotional tribute to the unsung heroes and to their families

Amarinder lays stone of Jallianwala Bagh memorial park

Capt Amarinder Singh said he would also participate in the national-level celebration of the historic event at the Jallianwala Bagh. Tribune photo

Chandigarh, January 25

Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh on Monday virtually laid the foundation stone of the Jallianwala Bagh Centenary Memorial Park in Amritsar, with an emotional tribute to the unsung heroes and to their families from a poem recalling how “After years still, (we are) carrying the pain of martyrs”.

Remembering the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for India’s independence, the Chief Minister slammed those criticising the state government for setting up their own memorial, saying every Punjabi has the right to remember the unparalleled tragedy that paved the way for the freedom struggle.

Terming the centenary celebration a happy occasion, he said he would also participate in the national-level celebration of the historic event at the Jallianwala Bagh.

On the occasion, the Chief Minister announced a Jallianwala Bagh Chair at Guru Nanak Dev University here and a literary festival dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives in one of the world’s biggest humanitarian tragedies.

“The sky frequents daily to weep here, the arrows still sting in Punjab’s heart..” he read from Rukshanda Jaleel’s poem on the massacre.

Noting that the exact number of deaths in the massacre was still not known, the Chief Minister asked Tourism and Cultural Affairs Minister Charanjit Singh Channi to ensure that the research into the data is completed so that the exact number could be ascertained and small memorials built in their villages.

Pointing out that General Dyer had cited the figure of 200-300 deaths of the 5,000 people he said had gathered there, Amarinder said Gandhiji had put the figure at 1,500, of which the names of only 492 martyrs were currently available.

He recalled his visit to the Cellular Jail at Kala Pani, where there were many names of Punjabis which nobody is aware of, and directed Channi to get the information researched and compiled.

His government would also build memorials for them in Punjab, he announced.

On the occasion, Channi honoured 29 family members from amongst 492 identified families of the Jallianwala Bagh martyrs so far by the district administration, Amritsar, with a ‘kalash’ and a shawl.

The Jallianwala Bagh Centenary Memorial Park, to come up over 4,490 square metres at Amrit Anand Park in Ranjit Avenue, Amritsar, will stand out as a remembrance for the future generations.

To be built at a cost of Rs 3.52 crore, the sacred memorial will have soil brought by kin of martyrs or panchayats, sarpanches and councillors.

The unique memorial has been conceived and designed as five marble fins going up to the sky. The memorial is expected to be completed and dedicated to the people on this Independence Day.

The literary festival will be organised by GNDU around Baisakhi with the aim of reconnecting the younger generations with the tragic event.

Earlier in his address, Channi apprised the Chief Minister of the salient features of the project. IANS


Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ not mere slogan but a matter of faith and practice, say protesting farmers Elaborate security arrangements have been made by Delhi Police and Uttar Pradesh Police at the Ghazipur border ahead of the tractor rally

‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ not mere slogan but a matter of faith and practice, say protesting farmers

Photo for representation purposes. PTI file

Tribune News Service

Ghazipur (New Delhi), January 25

‘Jai Jawan Jai Kishan’ is not a mere slogan once given by former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shashtri, as a cross-section of protesting farmers say they have made it a point of faith and practice in life.

Elaborate security arrangements have been made by Delhi Police and Uttar Pradesh Police at the Ghazipur border here ahead of the tractor rally, which will kickstart on Tuesday, with the deployment of a large contingent of forces.

People, who have come from different parts of Western UP and Uttarakhand in their tractors, to take part in the rally, claim that the security forces around them are no different as “they are also farmers but in uniform”.

Seventy-five-year-old protester Chaudhary Narendra Singh of Titawi village of Muzaffarnagar was heard advising his younger companions that they should not do or say anything against the men in uniform deployed as part of  the security arrangement. “My own son is in the Army. We are the farmers and we have given our sons for the security of the country. These policemen are there for our safety and so we should not only cooperate with them but share their responsibility of making the rally a grand success,” he said.

When asked as to why he had been participating in the protest and what is the problem in the farm laws enacted by Parliament, Ankit Tomar, a young protester from Bijnore, said, “The laws are not good for us, not good for the farming community.” But when asked how, he said, “I don’t know the details. But seniors in our village said, it is not good, we believe it. Why will they mislead us?”

Suraj Chaudhary from Muzaffarnagar, who is an Army jawan and has taken leave to participate in the protest rally, however, said, “The laws in their entirety are bad for farmers. It is not about the provisions of the laws, rather their souls are anti-farmer. We can’t accept them and till they are repealed we will continue with our protest.”

Karamveer Bharti of Bulandshahr, another protester, said people in the cities are not able to grasp the dangers these laws will bring. “Prices of food items will increase manifold even without adequately compensating the farmers. Corporates will enter villages and first they will exploit farmers with their huge capital and then consumers will be fleeced of their money,” he said.


Police say forces inimical to India intend to hijack, disrupt farmers’ tractor rally Ask leaders among the protesters to stay alert and try to be ‘eyes and ears’ of the security agency

Police say forces inimical to India intend to hijack, disrupt farmers’ tractor rally

Photo for representation purposes. PTI file

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 25

Noting that there are intelligence inputs suggesting that Pakistan’s ISI and a few “rogue elements linked to separatist Khalistani groups” intend to hijack and disrupt the farmers’ tractor rally in Delhi on Tuesday, Delhi Police officials on Monday said the leaders among the protesters had been asked to stay alert and try to be “eyes and ears” of the security agency.

The officials said a huge conspiracy is being hatched by forces inimical to India to disrupt the farmers’ tractor rally and thereby give a bad name to the country.

In line with this, Delhi Police on Sunday had claimed that more than 300 Twitter handles had been traced to Pakistan that had been created to sabotage the rally, for which permission was granted after a meeting between the senior police officials and protesting farmers.


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Sanyukt Kisan Morcha issues advisory for farmers’ Republic Day parade


Sources in Delhi Police said the security across the national capital had been stepped up, particularly around the power stations. They said these installations in and around the national capital are likely to be targeted, and that intelligence inputs also suggested that Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale’s posters might be flashed during the rally.

On Sunday, a series of restrictions were announced by Delhi Police as they allowed the farmers – protesting near Delhi’s borders since late November – to enter the national capital, but “they can’t disturb the Republic Day parade”.

The permission to the protesting farmers was granted after a series of meetings, which took place following the Supreme Court observation that the issue is well within the domain of the police and they had to take the final decision.

The police officials, however, said it would be a challenging task for them, but the rally would be conducted amid tight security after the Republic Day parade is over.