Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of the farmers’ unions called off the tractor rally with immediate effect on Tuesday evening and asked the farmers to return to protest sites.
A massive rally of farmers to the Capital turned violent on Tuesday, with police using tear gas and baton-charging the protestors as they broke barricades and entered the city to hold a tractor parade. One protestor reportedly died after he was allegedly shot at while he was driving his tractor.
Angry by the police action, thousands of farmers deviated from the original route of their march, stormed the Red Fort, and hoisted bright yellow flags inside its complex. This led to another round of clashes, and the police resorted to baton-charge to remove protestors from the Red Fort.
This is the first time that farmers, who have been protesting at the borders for two months against the Centre’s farm laws, have entered Delhi.
Farmers are demanding that the government repeal the new laws which they say…