NEW DELHI: After several rounds of talks between Delhi Police and the farmers’ unions, the police on Sunday allowed their proposed “tractor rally” inside the national capital on January 26. “Protesting farmers can enter Delhi but can’t disturb the Republic Day parade,” the Delhi Police said Sunday evening, declaring that the tractor rally will begin amid tight security after the Republic Day parade on Rajpath, which terminates at the iconic Red Fort close to noon.
“Barricades and other security arrangements will be removed and the farmers will enter the national capital. Later, they will return to their destinations after covering a respectable distance,” a senior police official said.
Police said that the rally will be conducted in three parts — first from Singhu border will have a 62 km-long route, then from Tikri border with around 60 km route and Ghazipur Border with 46 km route. “There are approximately 12,000 to 13,000 tractors at various borders…